asker

See also: Asker

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsk.ɚ/
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(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsk.ə/
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Etymology 1

From ask +‎ -er.

Noun

asker (plural askers)

Someone who asks a question. [from 12th c.]

Translations

person who asks a question

Arabic: سَائِل‎‎ (sāʾil)
Finnish: kysyjä (fi), kyselijä (fi)

German: Fragender m, Fragende f, Fragesteller (de) m, Fragestellerin (de) f
Portuguese: perguntador m

Etymology 2

From ask (“newt”), with uncertain suffix.

Noun

asker (plural askers)

(England regional, Wales) A newt. [from 14th c.]
- 2018, Sara Hudston, The Guardian, 21 April:
  Great crested newts, “askers”, used to be common in the Marshwood Vale.

Anagrams

Kaser, Kears, Rakes, akers, eskar, kesar, rakes, reaks, reask, saker, skare, skear

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic عَسْكَر‎ (ʿaskar, “army”).

Noun

asker

soldier; warrior

Declension

Declension of asker

nominative	asker
genitive	askerniñ
dative	askerge
accusative	askerni
locative	askerde
ablative	askerden

Danish

Noun

asker c pl

plural indefinite of aske

Verb

asker

present tense of aske

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

asker m pl

indefinite plural of ask

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

Noun

asker m

ash (tree)
wooden box

Declension

Declension of asker (a-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	asker	askrin	aska(r)	askani(r), -ane(r)
accusative	ask	askin	aska	askana
dative	aski, -e	askinum, -enom	askum, -om	askumin, -omen
genitive	asks	asksins	aska	askanna

Descendants

Swedish: ask

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عسكر‎ (asker), from Arabic عَسْكَر‎ (ʿaskar, “army”), from Persian (laškar, “army”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑs.keɾ/

Noun

asker (definite accusative askeri, plural askerler)

soldier

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

asker

Definite accusative

askeri

Singular

Plural

Nominative

asker

askerler

Definite accusative

askeri

askerleri

Dative

askere

askerlere

Locative

askerde

askerlerde

Ablative

askerden

askerlerden

Genitive

askerin

askerlerin

Possessive forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	askerim	askerlerim
2nd singular	askerin	askerlerin
3rd singular	askeri	askerleri
1st plural	askerimiz	askerlerimiz
2nd plural	askeriniz	askerleriniz
3rd plural	askerleri	askerleri

Derived terms

askerlik
çocuk asker

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