payitaht

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پایتخت (payitaht), from Persian پایتخت (pâytaxt).

Noun

payitaht (definite accusative payitahtı, plural payitahtlar)

1. (dated) capital, capital city

   Synonyms: başkent, başşehir

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	payitaht
Definite accusative	payitahtı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	payitaht	payitahtlar
Definite accusative	payitahtı	payitahtları
Dative	payitahta	payitahtlara
Locative	payitahtta	payitahtlarda
Ablative	payitahttan	payitahtlardan
Genitive	payitahtın	payitahtların

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “payitaht”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “payitaht”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu