# پایه
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پایه (pâye, “base, basis, foundation; grade”), a derivation from پای (pây, “foot”).

### Noun

پایه • (paye)
* step, a rest for the foot in ascending or descending a stair or a ladder
    Synonyms: باصامق (basamak), درجه (derece), مرتبه (mertebe)
* rung, round, a single, wooden crosspiece forming a step of a ladder
    Synonyms: باصامق (basamak), درجه (derece)
* (military) rank, grade, a hierarchical level in a military organization
    Synonyms: رتبه (rütbe), مرتبه (mertebe)
* footing, a ground for the foot or a place for the foot to rest on

#### Derived terms

* پایه‌دار (payedar, “possessed of a rank”)
* پایه‌لو (payeli, “of (such and such) a rank”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: paye

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “paye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3803
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “pâye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1024
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 316
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Gradus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 661
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “پایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 702
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “paye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 437

## Persian
### Etymology

From پای (pây) +‎ ـه (-e).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [pɑː.ˈja]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰɑː.jǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰɑː.jǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [pʰɑː.jǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [pʰɔː.jǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [pʰɒː.jé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [pʰɔ.jǽ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

| Dari | پایه |
| Iranian Persian | پایه |
| Tajik | поя |
پایه • (pâye) (plural پایه‌ها (pâye-hâ))
* base, basis, foundation
    Synonyms: اساس (asâs), مبنا (mabnâ)
* (linear algebra) basis
* (education) grade
* any object placed under another to provide support; prop, pole
    Synonym: تکیه‌گاه (tekye-gâh)

#### Derived terms

* پایه‌گذاری (pâye-gozâri)
* پایه‌گذاری کردن (pâye-gozâri kardan)
* پایه‌ریزی (pâye-rizi)
* پایه‌ای (pâye-i)
* سه‌پایه (pâye)
* چهارپایه (pâye)
* بی‌پایه (pâye)

### Adjective

پایه • (pâye) (comparative پایه‌تَر (pâye-tar), superlative پایه‌تَرین (pâye-tarin))
* (slang) someone who is usually in, participates and is willing to join and accompany friends
    اگه میرین استخر منم پایه‌ام!age mirin estaxr manam pâya-m!If you're going swimming I'm in too!
    من آدم خیلی پایه‌ای هستم!man âdam-e xeyli pâye-i hastamI'm always willing to join!
    امشب با چندتا از بروبچ می‌خوایم بریم بیرون. کس دیگه‌ای هم پایه هست؟emšab bâ čand-tâ az barobač mi-xâym berim birun. kas-e dige-i ham pâye hast?We're gonna go out with a couple of buddies tonight. Is anybody else willing to join?