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
    Synonyms: ثروت (servet), سرمایه (sermaye)
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

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”)
  • پنیر مایه‌سی (penir mayası, “rennet”)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑː.jǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.jǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? māya
Dari reading? māya
Iranian reading? mâye
Tajik reading? moya

Noun

مایه • (mâye)

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

Derived terms

  • بن‌مایه (bon-mâye)
  • 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
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