istinadgah
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish استنادكاه, from Arabic اِسْتِنَاد (istinād, “leaning on; relying on”) (Turkish istinat) and Persian گاه (-gâh, “place”).
Noun
istinadgah (definite accusative istinadgahı, plural istinadgahlar) (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.
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References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “istinadgah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2240
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “استنادكاه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 85