mayalanmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مایه‌لانمق (mayalanmak), equivalent to maya +‎ -lan +‎ -mak.

Verb

mayalanmak (third-person singular simple present mayalanır)

1. passive of mayalamak: to be fermented
   • 2022 December 1, headline in Cumhuriyet:

     Dünyanın en pahalı kahvesi: Misk kedisinin midesinde mayalanıyor.

     World's most expensive coffee: Fermented in a civet cat's stomach.

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مایه‌لانمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098b