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

Declension of payitaht

	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