platform, dais (raised stage on which one can stand or sit in order to see everyone) · seat, chair, bench (usually raised) · seat, headquarters, base (chief location of a governing body or other thing)
çekim: çoğul έδρες · tamlayan έδρας
eş: βήμα, θρόνος, θώκος, καθέδρα f and see καρέκλα, έδρανο
köken: Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra). For sense "headquarters", a semantic loan from French siège.