asker
Turkish
/ɑsˈkeɾ/
noun
Definitions
- soldier
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عسكر derived from Arabic عَسْكَر (army) derived from Persian لشکر (army).
Origin
Persian
لشکر
Gloss
army
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🪖
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- عَسْكَر Arabic
- عَسْكَرِيّ Arabic
- लश्कर Hindi
- لشکر Persian
- askar Indonesian
- laskar Indonesian
- askar Malay
- аскер Bulgarian
- әскер Kazakh
- عسكر Ottoman Turkish
- لشكر Ottoman Turkish
- ლაშქარი Georgian
- аскер Macedonian
- લશ્કર Gujarati
- *Hrakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- लष्कर Marathi
- ғәскәр Bashkir
- lškl Middle Persian
- askar Uzbek
- asker Crimean Tatar
- esger Turkmen
- esker Zazaki
- लसकर Rajasthani
- लसकरियौ Rajasthani
- askar Somali