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عسكري

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Arabic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕas.ka.rijj/
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Adjective

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

  1. military
    الْعَسْكَرِيُّونal-ʕaskariyyūnthe military

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ottoman Turkish: عسكری (askeri)
    • Crimean Tatar: askeriy
    • Turkish: askerî

Noun

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عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyym (plural عَسْكَرِيُّونَ (ʕaskariyyūna) or عَسَاكِر (ʕasākir), feminine عَسْكَرِيَّة (ʕaskariyya))

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

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See also

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References

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  • 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