istinatgâh

== Turkish == === Alternative forms === istinadgâh === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish استنادكاه (istinadgâh). By surface analysis, istinat (“reliance”) +‎ -gâh (place noun-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /is.ti.natˈɟah/, (definite accusative) /is.ti.nat.ɟaːˈhɯ/ Hyphenation: is‧ti‧nat‧gâh === Noun === 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 ==== Declension ==== === References === 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] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 85