مایه

See also: مائة‎ and مايه‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian مایه‎ (mâye, “origin, source”).

Noun

مایه • (maye)

1. origin, basis, fundament, source

   Synonym: آصل‎ (asıl)

2. fund, the capital stock of a business
3. riches, the wealth of a man

   Synonym: ثروت‎ (servet)

Derived terms

• سرمایه‎ (sermaye, “fund, capital”)
• مایه‌دار‎ (mayedar, “who has a principle or capital”)
• مایه‌سز‎ (mayesız, “lacking capital or value”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: maye

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maye1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3086
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4262
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1667

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian مایه‎ (mâye, “leaven, yeast”).

مایه

Noun

مایه • (maya)

1. leaven, yeast, any agent used to make dough rise
2. brood beast, a female animal kept for fecundation

Derived terms

• مایه آغاجی‎ (maya ağacı, “oil palm”)
• مایه‌سز‎ (mayasız, “unleavened”)
• مایه‌لاتمق‎ (mayalatmak, “to make ferment”)
• مایه‌لاندرمق‎ (mayalandırmak, “to make or let become leaven”)
• مایه‌لانمق‎ (mayalanmak, “to ferment”)
• مایه‌لی‎ (mayalı, “yeasty”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: maya
• → Armenian: մայա (maya)
• → Bulgarian: мая́ (majá)
• → Greek: μαγιά (magiá)
• → Macedonian: маја (maja)
• → Romanian: maia
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̀ја

  Latin: màja

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maya1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3085
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Fermentum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 564
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4262
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “maya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1667

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtk' (mādag, “essence, substance”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian mʾyg (māyag).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mɒːˈjæ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [mɒːˈje]

Noun

مایه • (mâye)

1. stuff, matter, substance, essence
2. leaven, yeast, batter
3. origin, source, basis, cause
4. vaccine

Derived terms

• بن‌مایه‎ (bonmâye)
• پرمایه‎ (pormâye)
• سرمایه‎ (sarmâye)
• فرومایه‎ (forumâye)
• دستمایه‎ (dastmâye)
• گرانمایه‎ (gerânmâye)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: maya

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mādag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press