istinatgâh
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Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish استنادكاه (istinadgâh). By surface analysis, istinat (“reliance”) + -gâh (place noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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”, 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)
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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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 |
References
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “istinatgâh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2240
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “استنادكاه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 85