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Turkish
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)
- support, foundation, base
- Synonym: dayanak
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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