әскәр

Siberian Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عسکر (askar), from Arabic عَسْكَر m (ʕaskar, “an army, a group of soldiers”).

Compare Bashkir ғәскәр (ğəskər), Tatar гаскәр (ğaskär); Kazakh әскер (äsker), Turkish asker, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æs.kær/
• Hyphenation: әс‧кәр

Noun

әскәр • (äskär)

1. a soldier

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• әскәрлек (äskälek, “an army”)