پنیر مایه‌سی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From پنیر (penir, “cheese”) + مایه (maya, “yeast, leaven”).

Noun

پنیر مایه‌سی • (penir mayası)

rennet, an enzyme used as the first step in making cheese

Descendants

Turkish: peynir mayası

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “peynir mayası”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3841
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “پنیر مایه‌سی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 128a
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پنیر مایه‌سی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 455

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