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عَسْكَرِيّ

soldier

Noun · masculineRoot ع-س-ك-ر

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Highlights

Plural
عَسْكَرِيُّون
Other plural
عَسَاكِر
Feminine
عَسْكَرِيَّة

Most common words from the same root

Noun
عَسْكَر
army
Verb · Form Iq
عَسْكَرَ
to militarize

عَسْكَرِيّ in English

Noun · masculine

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

Word origin

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 عَسْكَر (ʕaskar) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic عسكري From عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Words from the root ع-س-ك-ر

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عَسْكَرَ · present يُعَسْكِرُ
Form Iq

to militarize; to encamp

عَسْكَرَة
Verbal noun
مُعَسْكِر
Active participle
مُعَسْكَر
Passive participle
Noun · m.
soldier
عَسْكَر
Noun · m.
army

عَسْكَرِيّ: plural and other forms

Singularعَسْكَرِيّ
Pluralعَسْكَرِيُّون
Alternative pluralsعَسَاكِر
Feminineعَسْكَرِيَّة

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