مایه

See also: مائة and مايه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian (mâya, “matter, essence”), from Middle Persian mʾtk' (mādag, “essence, substance”).

Noun

مایه • (maya or maye) (definite accusative مایه‌یی (mayayı, mayeyi), plural مایه‌لر (mayalar, mayeler))

origin, principle, source
Synonym: آصل (asıl)
essence, substance
Synonyms: جوهر (cevher), حقیقت (hakikat), ماهیت (mahiyet)
capital, fund
Synonym: سرمایه (sermaye)
wealth, riches, fortune
Synonyms: ثروت (servet), سرمایه (sermaye), مال (mal)
leaven, yeast
Synonym: خامور (hamur)
broodstock, brood-beast

Derived terms

سرمایه (sermaye, “fund, capital”)
فرومایه (furumaye, “low-bred, base”)
مایه آغاجی (maya ağacı, “oil palm”)
مایه‌دار (mayedâr, “who has a principle or capital”)
مایه‌سز (mayasız, “unleavened”)
مایه‌لاتمق (mayalatmak, “to make ferment”)
مایه‌لانمق (mayalanmak, “to ferment”)
مایه‌لق (mayalık, “receptacle for containing yeast”)
مایه‌لو (mayalı, “yeasty”)
پنیر مایه‌سی (penir mayası, “rennet”)
یوغورت مایه‌سی (yoğurt mayası, “old curd”)

Descendants

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

Latin script: màja

Further reading

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Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “مایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 725
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^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098
Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mâye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 702
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^[3], 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^[4], Vienna, column 4262
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1665

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maː.ˈja/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.jé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.jǽ]

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

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

مایه • (māya / mâye) (Tajik spelling моя)

Derived terms

بن‌مایه (bon-mâye)
دستمایه (dastmâye)
زی‌مایه (zi-mâye, “enzyme”)
سرمایه (sarmâye)
فرومایه (forumâye)
پادزی‌مایه (pâd-zi-mâye, “antienzyme”)
پرمایه (pormâye)
گرانمایه (gerânmâye)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: maya
→ Ottoman Turkish: مایه (maya, maye)
- Turkish: maya
- → Albanian: maja
- → Armenian: մայա (maya)
- → Bulgarian: мая́ (majá)
- → Greek: μαγιά (magiá)
- → Macedonian: маја (maja)
- → Romanian: maia
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̀ја
  Latin script: màja

References

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