ekşi maya
Turkish
Etymology
By surface analysis, ekşi (“acid, sour”) + maya (“yeast, leaven”).
Noun
ekşi maya (definite accusative ekşi mayayı, plural ekşi mayalar)
- sourdough, a type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ekşi maya | ekşi mayalar |
| definite accusative | ekşi mayayı | ekşi mayaları |
| dative | ekşi mayaya | ekşi mayalara |
| locative | ekşi mayada | ekşi mayalarda |
| ablative | ekşi mayadan | ekşi mayalardan |
| genitive | ekşi mayanın | ekşi mayaların |
Further reading
- “ekşi maya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ekşi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1400