عسكري

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

عَسْكَرِيّ (ʿaskariyy) m, feminine عَسْكَرِيَّة (ʿaskariyya), masculine plural عَسْكَرِيُّون (ʿaskariyyūn) or عَسَاكِر (ʿasākir), feminine plural عَسْكَرِيَّات (ʿaskariyyāt)

  1. military
    الْعَسْكَرِيُّونal-ʿaskariyyūnthe military

Declension

Noun

عَسْكَرِيّ (ʿaskariyy) m, plural عَسْكَرِيُّون (ʿaskariyyūn) or عَسَاكِر (ʿasākir), feminine عَسْكَرِيَّة (ʿaskariyya)

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

Declension

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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