سرمایه
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian سرمایه (sarmâye, “capital”).
Noun
[edit]سرمایه • (sermaye)
- (economics) capital, the durable goods available for use as a factor of production
- (finance) capital, fund, the monetary means to acquire goods and services
- principal, the money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated
- (by extension) wealth, riches, a great ammount of valuable assets or possessions
- (figuratively) knowledge, skills and abilities that a person has acquired over time
Derived terms
[edit]- سرمایه دار (sermaye-dar, “capitalist”)
- سرمایهجی (sermayeci, “one who furnishes capital”)
- سرمایهسز (sermayesiz, “without capital”)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: sermaye
- → Albanian: sermaje
- → Armenian: (Constantinople) սէրմիյէ (sērmiyē), (Van) սա̈րմիյա̈ (särmiyä)
- → Aromanian: sirmae
- → Greek: σερμαγιά (sermagiá)
- → Romanian: sermaia
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sermaye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4160
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sermâye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1130
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سرمایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 675
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سرمایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 2600
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sermaye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرمایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1055
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [saɾ.mɑː.ja]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæɹ.mɒː.je]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.mɔ.jä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sarmāya |
| Dari reading? | sarmāya |
| Iranian reading? | sarmâye |
| Tajik reading? | sarmoya |
Noun
[edit]| Dari | سرمایه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | сармоя |
سَرمایه • (sarmâye)
- (economics, business, finance) capital (money)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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
[edit]- سرمایهداری (sarmâye-dâri)
- سرمایهگذار (sarmâye-gozâr)
- سرمایهگذاری (sarmâye-gozâri)