عسكر

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

عَسْكَر • (ʿaskar) m (plural عَسَاكِر‎ (ʿasākir))

army

Declension

Declension of noun عَسْكَر (ʿaskar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَسْكَر ʿaskar	الْعَسْكَر‎ al-ʿaskar	عَسْكَر ʿaskar
Nominative	عَسْكَرٌ ʿaskarun	الْعَسْكَرُ‎ al-ʿaskaru	عَسْكَرُ ʿaskaru
Accusative	عَسْكَرًا‎ ʿaskaran	الْعَسْكَرَ‎ al-ʿaskara	عَسْكَرَ ʿaskara
Genitive	عَسْكَرٍ ʿaskarin	الْعَسْكَرِ‎ al-ʿaskari	عَسْكَرِ ʿaskari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَسْكَرَيْن‎ ʿaskarayn	الْعَسْكَرَيْن‎ al-ʿaskarayn	عَسْكَرَيْ‎ ʿaskaray
Nominative	عَسْكَرَانِ‎ ʿaskarāni	الْعَسْكَرَانِ‎ al-ʿaskarāni	عَسْكَرَا‎ ʿaskarā
Accusative	عَسْكَرَيْنِ‎ ʿaskarayni	الْعَسْكَرَيْنِ‎ al-ʿaskarayni	عَسْكَرَيْ‎ ʿaskaray
Genitive	عَسْكَرَيْنِ‎ ʿaskarayni	الْعَسْكَرَيْنِ‎ al-ʿaskarayni	عَسْكَرَيْ‎ ʿaskaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَسَاكِر‎ ʿasākir	الْعَسَاكِر‎ al-ʿasākir	عَسَاكِر‎ ʿasākir
Nominative	عَسَاكِرُ‎ ʿasākiru	الْعَسَاكِرُ‎ al-ʿasākiru	عَسَاكِرُ‎ ʿasākiru
Accusative	عَسَاكِرَ‎ ʿasākira	الْعَسَاكِرَ‎ al-ʿasākira	عَسَاكِرَ‎ ʿasākira
Genitive	عَسَاكِرَ‎ ʿasākira	الْعَسَاكِرِ‎ al-ʿasākiri	عَسَاكِرِ‎ ʿasākiri

Derived terms

عَسْكَرِيّ‎ (ʿaskariyy)

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܥܣܟܪ‎ (ʿaskar)
→ Persian: عسکر‎ ('askar)
- → Azeri: əsgər
- → Bashkir: ғәскәр (ğäskär)
- → Ottoman Turkish: عسكر‎ (asker)
  - Turkish: asker
  - → Armenian: ասկեր (asker), ասքար (askʿar), ասկյար (askyar)
  - → Bulgarian: аскер (asker)
  - → Crimean Tatar: asker
  - → Macedonian: аскер (asker)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: asker / аскер
- → Kazakh: әскер (äsker)
→ Malay: askar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَسْكَر‎ (ʿaskar).

Noun

عسكر • (asker) (plural عسكرلر‎)

army
soldier

Synonyms

لشکر‎ (leşker)

Related terms

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

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