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)

1. support, foundation, base

   Synonym: dayanak

2. 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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 85