عسكر

Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati

Proto-Iranian *karah

Middle Persian lšklbor.?

Arabic عسكر

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕas.kar/

Noun

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

army, soldiers

Declension

Declension of noun **عَسْكَر** (ʕaskar)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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
plural	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

Andalusian Arabic: عَسْكَر
→ Classical Syriac: ܥܣܟܪ (ʿaskar)
→ Kamviri: askar
→ Persian: عسکر ('askar)
- → Ottoman Turkish: عسكر (asker)
  - Turkish: asker
  - → Azerbaijani: əsgər
  - → Bashkir: ғәскәр (ğəskər)
  - → Armenian: ասկեր (asker), ասքար (askʻar), ասկյար (askyar)
  - → Bulgarian: аске́р (askér)
  - → Crimean Tatar: asker
  - → Greek: ασκέρι (askéri)
  - ⇒ Indonesian: laskar
  - → Kazakh: әскер (äsker)
  - → Kyrgyz: аскер (asker)
  - → Ladino: asker
  - → Laz: ასქერი (askeri), ასკერი (asǩeri) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni
  - → Malay:
    Latin script: askar
    Arabic script: عسکر
  - → Macedonian: аскер (asker)
  - ⇒ Northern Kurdish: leşker
  - → Russian: аске́р (askér), эске́р (eskér)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: а̏скер
    Latin script: ȁsker
  - → Tajik: аскар (askar)
  - → Tatar: гаскәр (ğaskär)
  - → Turkmen: esger
  - → Uyghur: ئەسكەر (esker)
  - → Uzbek: askar
→ Polish: asker
→ Swedish: askar
→ Zazaki: esker

Verb

عَسْكَرَ • (ʕaskara) Iq (non-past يُعَسْكِرُ (yuʕaskiru), verbal noun عَسْكَرَة (ʕaskara))

to militarize
to encamp

Conjugation

Conjugation of **عَسْكَرَ** (Iq, sound, full passive, verbal noun *عَسْكَرَة*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					عَسْكَرَة ʕaskara
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُعَسْكِر muʕaskir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُعَسْكَر muʕaskar
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَسْكَرْتُ ʕaskartu	عَسْكَرْتَ ʕaskarta	عَسْكَرَ ʕaskara	عَسْكَرْتُمَا ʕaskartumā	عَسْكَرَا ʕaskarā	عَسْكَرْنَا ʕaskarnā	عَسْكَرْتُمْ ʕaskartum	عَسْكَرُوا ʕaskarū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	عَسْكَرْتُ ʕaskartu	عَسْكَرْتِ ʕaskarti	عَسْكَرَتْ ʕaskarat	عَسْكَرْتُمَا ʕaskartumā	عَسْكَرَتَا ʕaskaratā	عَسْكَرْنَا ʕaskarnā	عَسْكَرْتُنَّ ʕaskartunna	عَسْكَرْنَ ʕaskarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَسْكِرُ ʔuʕaskiru	تُعَسْكِرُ tuʕaskiru	يُعَسْكِرُ yuʕaskiru	تُعَسْكِرَانِ tuʕaskirāni	يُعَسْكِرَانِ yuʕaskirāni	نُعَسْكِرُ nuʕaskiru	تُعَسْكِرُونَ tuʕaskirūna	يُعَسْكِرُونَ yuʕaskirūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُعَسْكِرُ ʔuʕaskiru	تُعَسْكِرِينَ tuʕaskirīna	تُعَسْكِرُ tuʕaskiru	تُعَسْكِرَانِ tuʕaskirāni	تُعَسْكِرَانِ tuʕaskirāni	نُعَسْكِرُ nuʕaskiru	تُعَسْكِرْنَ tuʕaskirna	يُعَسْكِرْنَ yuʕaskirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَسْكِرَ ʔuʕaskira	تُعَسْكِرَ tuʕaskira	يُعَسْكِرَ yuʕaskira	تُعَسْكِرَا tuʕaskirā	يُعَسْكِرَا yuʕaskirā	نُعَسْكِرَ nuʕaskira	تُعَسْكِرُوا tuʕaskirū	يُعَسْكِرُوا yuʕaskirū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُعَسْكِرَ ʔuʕaskira	تُعَسْكِرِي tuʕaskirī	تُعَسْكِرَ tuʕaskira	تُعَسْكِرَا tuʕaskirā	تُعَسْكِرَا tuʕaskirā	نُعَسْكِرَ nuʕaskira	تُعَسْكِرْنَ tuʕaskirna	يُعَسْكِرْنَ yuʕaskirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَسْكِرْ ʔuʕaskir	تُعَسْكِرْ tuʕaskir	يُعَسْكِرْ yuʕaskir	تُعَسْكِرَا tuʕaskirā	يُعَسْكِرَا yuʕaskirā	نُعَسْكِرْ nuʕaskir	تُعَسْكِرُوا tuʕaskirū	يُعَسْكِرُوا yuʕaskirū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُعَسْكِرْ ʔuʕaskir	تُعَسْكِرِي tuʕaskirī	تُعَسْكِرْ tuʕaskir	تُعَسْكِرَا tuʕaskirā	تُعَسْكِرَا tuʕaskirā	نُعَسْكِرْ nuʕaskir	تُعَسْكِرْنَ tuʕaskirna	يُعَسْكِرْنَ yuʕaskirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عَسْكِرْ ʕaskir		عَسْكِرَا ʕaskirā			عَسْكِرُوا ʕaskirū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		عَسْكِرِي ʕaskirī		عَسْكِرَا ʕaskirā			عَسْكِرْنَ ʕaskirna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عُسْكِرْتُ ʕuskirtu	عُسْكِرْتَ ʕuskirta	عُسْكِرَ ʕuskira	عُسْكِرْتُمَا ʕuskirtumā	عُسْكِرَا ʕuskirā	عُسْكِرْنَا ʕuskirnā	عُسْكِرْتُمْ ʕuskirtum	عُسْكِرُوا ʕuskirū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	عُسْكِرْتُ ʕuskirtu	عُسْكِرْتِ ʕuskirti	عُسْكِرَتْ ʕuskirat	عُسْكِرْتُمَا ʕuskirtumā	عُسْكِرَتَا ʕuskiratā	عُسْكِرْنَا ʕuskirnā	عُسْكِرْتُنَّ ʕuskirtunna	عُسْكِرْنَ ʕuskirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَسْكَرُ ʔuʕaskaru	تُعَسْكَرُ tuʕaskaru	يُعَسْكَرُ yuʕaskaru	تُعَسْكَرَانِ tuʕaskarāni	يُعَسْكَرَانِ yuʕaskarāni	نُعَسْكَرُ nuʕaskaru	تُعَسْكَرُونَ tuʕaskarūna	يُعَسْكَرُونَ yuʕaskarūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُعَسْكَرُ ʔuʕaskaru	تُعَسْكَرِينَ tuʕaskarīna	تُعَسْكَرُ tuʕaskaru	تُعَسْكَرَانِ tuʕaskarāni	تُعَسْكَرَانِ tuʕaskarāni	نُعَسْكَرُ nuʕaskaru	تُعَسْكَرْنَ tuʕaskarna	يُعَسْكَرْنَ yuʕaskarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَسْكَرَ ʔuʕaskara	تُعَسْكَرَ tuʕaskara	يُعَسْكَرَ yuʕaskara	تُعَسْكَرَا tuʕaskarā	يُعَسْكَرَا yuʕaskarā	نُعَسْكَرَ nuʕaskara	تُعَسْكَرُوا tuʕaskarū	يُعَسْكَرُوا yuʕaskarū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُعَسْكَرَ ʔuʕaskara	تُعَسْكَرِي tuʕaskarī	تُعَسْكَرَ tuʕaskara	تُعَسْكَرَا tuʕaskarā	تُعَسْكَرَا tuʕaskarā	نُعَسْكَرَ nuʕaskara	تُعَسْكَرْنَ tuʕaskarna	يُعَسْكَرْنَ yuʕaskarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَسْكَرْ ʔuʕaskar	تُعَسْكَرْ tuʕaskar	يُعَسْكَرْ yuʕaskar	تُعَسْكَرَا tuʕaskarā	يُعَسْكَرَا yuʕaskarā	نُعَسْكَرْ nuʕaskar	تُعَسْكَرُوا tuʕaskarū	يُعَسْكَرُوا yuʕaskarū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُعَسْكَرْ ʔuʕaskar	تُعَسْكَرِي tuʕaskarī	تُعَسْكَرْ tuʕaskar	تُعَسْكَرَا tuʕaskarā	تُعَسْكَرَا tuʕaskarā	نُعَسْكَرْ nuʕaskar	تُعَسْكَرْنَ tuʕaskarna	يُعَسْكَرْنَ yuʕaskarna

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕas.kar/

Noun

عسكر • (ʕaskar) m

armed forces, soldiers

Derived terms

عسكري (ʕaskri)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army, soldiers”), probably from Middle Persian lškl (/⁠laškar⁠/). Doublet of لشكر (leşker, “army”).

Noun

عسكر • (ʼasker) (definite accusative عسكری (ʼaskeri), plural عساكر (ʼasakir) or عسكرلر (ʼaskerler))

army, a highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground operations
Synonyms: اردو (ordu), جند (cünd), جیش (ceyiş), چری (çeri), لشكر (leşker)
soldier, a member of a ground-based army, of any rank, especially an enlisted one
Synonym: چری (çeri)
- 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[1], page 5:
  مرزیفون و صامسونده انكلیز عسكرلری بولونیور.
  Merzifon ve Samsun'da ingiliz askerleri bulunuyor.
  There are British soldiers in Merzifon and Samsun.
troop, any large group or detachment of soldiers usually commanded by a captain

Derived terms

سرعسكر (serʼasker, “commander in chief”)
عسكر اوجاقلری (ʼasker ocakları, “military colonies”)
عسكر دیزمك (ʼasker dizmek, “to line up a troop”)
عسكر یازمق (ʼasker yazmak, “to recruit soldiers”)
عسكر یوقلامه‌سی (ʼasker yoklaması, “military inspection”)
عسكرلك (ʼaskerlik, “military service”)
عسكرگاه (ʼaskergâh, “military camp”)
عسكری (ʼaskeri, “military, pertaining to the army”)
عسكریه (ʼaskeriye, “military point of view”)

Descendants

Turkish: asker
→ Azerbaijani: əsgər
→ Bashkir: ғәскәр (ğəskər)
→ Armenian: ասկեր (asker), ասքար (askʻar), ասկյար (askyar)
→ Bulgarian: аске́р (askér)
→ Crimean Tatar: asker
→ Greek: ασκέρι (askéri)
⇒ Indonesian: laskar
→ Kazakh: әскер (äsker)
→ Kyrgyz: аскер (asker)
→ Ladino: asker
→ Laz: ასქერი (askeri), ასკერი (asǩeri) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni
→ Malay:
Latin script: askar

Arabic script: عسکر
→ Macedonian: аскер (asker)
⇒ Northern Kurdish: leşker
→ Russian: аске́р (askér), эске́р (eskér)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: а̏скер

Latin script: ȁsker
→ Tajik: аскар (askar)
→ Tatar: гаскәр (ğaskär)
→ Turkmen: esger
→ Uyghur: ئەسكەر (esker)
→ Uzbek: askar

عسكر

Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

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