istinatgâh

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استنادكاه (istinadgâh). By surface analysis, istinat (reliance) +‎ -gâh (place noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.ti.natˈɟah/, (definite accusative) /is.ti.nat.ɟaːˈhɯ/
  • Hyphenation: is‧ti‧nat‧gâh

Noun

istinatgâh (definite accusative istinatgâhı, plural istinatgâhlar) (archaic)

  1. support, foundation, base
    Synonym: dayanak
  2. a person one can trust or rely on; a place one can take refuge in
    • 1938 November 11, Abidin Daver, “Asker Atatürk [Ataturk the soldier]”, in Cumhuriyet, page 2:
      O, bir taraftan yeni bir devlet kurarken diğer tarftan da her müstakil devletin ilk ve yegâne istinadgâhı olan orduyu kuruyordu.
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Declension

Inflection
Nominative istinatgâh
Definite accusative istinatgâhı
Singular Plural
Nominative istinatgâh istinatgâhlar
Definite accusative istinatgâhı istinatgâhları
Dative istinatgâha istinatgâhlara
Locative istinatgâhta istinatgâhlarda
Ablative istinatgâhtan istinatgâhlardan
Genitive istinatgâhın istinatgâhların

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