مایه

See also: مائة and مايه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. origin, principle, source
    Synonym: آصل (asıl)
  2. essence, substance
    Synonyms: جوهر (cevher), حقیقت (hakikat), ماهیت (mahiyet)
  3. capital, fund
    Synonym: سرمایه (sermaye)
  4. wealth, riches, fortune
    Synonyms: ثروت (servet), سرمایه (sermaye), مال (mal)
  5. leaven, yeast
    Synonym: خامور (hamur)
  6. 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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Persian

Etymology

  • Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾtk' /⁠mādag⁠/, “essence, substance”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (mʾyg /⁠māyag⁠/).
  • The meaning of "leaven" is from the same root; however, it is from Proto-Iranian: *(ham)mātaka(naH) (“(of) same material, mix”). Compare with Sogdian ܡܐܕܬܢ (mʾdn /⁠māδan⁠/), Khwarezmian ماذک (mʾδk /⁠*māδa⁠/), ماذیک (mʾδyk /⁠*māδē⁠/), Gurani ئامیان (amyan /⁠āmiyān⁠/), Zazaki ameyn (/⁠āmayn⁠/), Mazanderani مایه (māya ~ -e), Central Kurdish ھەوێن (hewên /⁠hawēn⁠/), Northern Kurdish havên (/⁠hāvēn⁠/), and perhaps Ossetian ӕнтуан (æntwan)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? māya
Dari reading? māya
Iranian reading? mâye
Tajik reading? moya
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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

  1. stuff, matter, substance, essence
  2. leaven, yeast, batter
  3. origin, source, basis, cause
  4. vaccine
    Synonym: واکسن (vâksan)

Derived terms

  • بن‌مایه (bon-mâye)
  • دستمایه (dast-mâye)
  • زی‌مایه (zi-mâye, “enzyme”)
  • سرمایه (sar-mâye)
  • فرومایه (foru-mâye)
  • پادزی‌مایه (pâd-zi-mâye, “antienzyme”)
  • پرمایه (por-mâye)
  • کارمایه (kâr-mâye)
  • گرانمایه (gerân-mâye)

Descendants

References

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