عسكري

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Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, army) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy) (feminine عَسْكَرِيَّة (ʕaskariyya), masculine plural عَسْكَرِيُّون (ʕaskariyyūn) or عَسَاكِر (ʕasākir), feminine plural عَسْكَرِيَّات (ʕaskariyyāt))

  1. military
    الْعَسْكَرِيُّونal-ʕaskariyyūnthe military

Declension

Noun

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  1. soldier
  2. (military) private
  3. policeman
  4. (in the plural) enlisted men

Declension

Descendants

  • Somali: askari
  • Swahili: askari

See also

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “عسكري”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عسكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN