عسكر

Arabic

Etymology

Probably from Middle Persian lškl (laškar) with the -l- interpreted as the Arabic article ال (al-). Compare modern Persian لشکر (laškar). Alternatively and less likely, from Latin exercitus.

Noun

عَسْكَر • (ʕaskar) m (plural عَسَاكِر (ʕasākir))

1. army, soldiers

Declension

Declension of noun عَسْكَر (ʕaskar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَسْكَر ʕaskar	الْعَسْكَر al-ʕaskar	عَسْكَر ʕaskar
Nominative	عَسْكَرٌ ʕaskarun	الْعَسْكَرُ al-ʕaskaru	عَسْكَرُ ʕaskaru
Accusative	عَسْكَرًا ʕaskaran	الْعَسْكَرَ al-ʕaskara	عَسْكَرَ ʕaskara
Genitive	عَسْكَرٍ ʕaskarin	الْعَسْكَرِ al-ʕaskari	عَسْكَرِ ʕaskari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَسْكَرَيْن ʕaskarayn	الْعَسْكَرَيْن al-ʕaskarayn	عَسْكَرَيْ ʕaskaray
Nominative	عَسْكَرَانِ ʕaskarāni	الْعَسْكَرَانِ al-ʕaskarāni	عَسْكَرَا ʕaskarā
Accusative	عَسْكَرَيْنِ ʕaskarayni	الْعَسْكَرَيْنِ al-ʕaskarayni	عَسْكَرَيْ ʕaskaray
Genitive	عَسْكَرَيْنِ ʕaskarayni	الْعَسْكَرَيْنِ al-ʕaskarayni	عَسْكَرَيْ ʕaskaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَسَاكِر ʕasākir	الْعَسَاكِر al-ʕasākir	عَسَاكِر ʕasākir
Nominative	عَسَاكِرُ ʕasākiru	الْعَسَاكِرُ al-ʕasākiru	عَسَاكِرُ ʕasākiru
Accusative	عَسَاكِرَ ʕasākira	الْعَسَاكِرَ al-ʕasākira	عَسَاكِرَ ʕasākira
Genitive	عَسَاكِرَ ʕasākira	الْعَسَاكِرِ al-ʕasākiri	عَسَاكِرِ ʕasākiri

Derived terms

• عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy)

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܥܣܟܪ (ʿaskar)
• → Kamviri: āskār
• → Malay: askar
• → Persian: عسکر ('askar)
  • → Azerbaijani: əsgər
  • → Bashkir: ғәскәр (ğəskər)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عسكر (asker)
    • Turkish: asker
    • → Armenian: ասկեր (asker), ասքար (askʻar), ասկյար (askyar)
    • → Bulgarian: аскѐр (askèr)
    • → Crimean Tatar: asker
    • → Macedonian: аскер (asker)
    • → Russian: аске́р (askér), эскер (esker)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: ȁsker / а̏скер
  • → Kazakh: әскер (äsker)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar).

Noun

عسكر • (asker) (plural عسكرلر (askerler))

1. army
2. soldier

   سفربرلك وار
   عسكر اولانلر سلاح آلتنه
   سفربرلكك برنجی گنی [...]در

   seferberlik var
   asker olanlar silah altına
   seferberliğin birinci günü [...]dır

   There is mobilization!
   Soldiers under the arms!
   First day of mobilization is [...]

Synonyms

• لشكر (leşker)

Related terms

• عسكری (askeri)
• عسكریه (askeriye)
• عسكرگاه (askergâh)

Descendants

• Turkish: asker
• → Armenian: ասկեր (asker), ասքար (askʻar), ասկյար (askyar)
• → Bulgarian: аскѐр (askèr)
• → Crimean Tatar: asker
• → Macedonian: аскер (asker)
• → Russian: аске́р (askér), эскер (esker)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ȁsker / а̏скер