عسكري

See also: عسكری‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕas.ka.rijj/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

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

  1. military
    ‏الْعَسْكَرِيُّون‎ ― al-ʕaskariyyūn ― the military

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عسكری‎ (askeri)
    • Turkish: askerî

Noun

عَسْكَرِيّ • (ʕaskariyy) m, plural عَسْكَرِيُّون‎ (ʕaskariyyūn) or عَسَاكِر‎ (ʕasākir), feminine عَسْكَرِيَّة‎ (ʕaskariyya)

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

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Daba: ásgàr
  • → Mabaan: ackan
  • → Somali: askari
  • → Swahili: askari
  • → Ladino: askier

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
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