سرمایه

Persian

Etymology

سر‎ (sar) +‎ مایه‎ (mâye)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾmɑːja/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾmɑːja/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾmɒːje/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /saɾmɔja/

Noun

Dari	سرمایه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сармоя (sarmoya)

سَرمایه • (sarmâye)

1. (economics, business, finance) capital (money)
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2609:

     ‏ […] تا نَپَرَّد زُود سَرمایَه زِ دَست‎

     […] tâ na-parrad zud sarmâye ze dast

     […] in order that [his] stock-in-trade may not suddenly fly out of [his] hand.

Derived terms

• سرمایه‌داری‎ (sarmâye-dâri)
• سرمایه‌گذار‎ (sarmâye-gozâr)
• سرمایه‌گذاری‎ (sarmâye-gozâri)

 

Descendants

• → Iraqi Arabic: سرمايه‎
• → Azerbaijani: sərmayə
• → Hindustani: sarmāyā

  Hindi: सरमाया

  Urdu: سرمایہ‎

• → Ottoman Turkish: سرمايه‎
  • Turkish: sermaye