asker

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsk.ɚ/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsk.ə/

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From Middle English asker, axer, equivalent to ask +‎ -er.

asker (plural askers)

1. Someone who asks a question. [from 12th c.]

   Synonym: questioner

   Antonyms: askee; see also Thesaurus:askee

   Hyponym: requestor

From Middle English ascre, a variant (with uncertain suffix) of Middle English aske (“newt”). More at ask.

asker (plural askers)

1. (England dialect, Wales) A newt. [from 14th c.]
   • 2018 April 21, Sara Hudston, The Guardian:

     Great crested newts, “askers”, used to be common in the Marshwood Vale.

• skare, skear, reaks, reask, Akres, eskar, Kaser, Akers, Rakes, Sekar, saker, kesar, akers, Kears, rakes

From Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”).

• Hyphenation: as‧ker

asker

1. soldier; warrior

• “asker”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

asker c pl

1. plural indefinite of aske

asker

1. present tense of aske

• askere, axer, axere

From axen +‎ -ere (agentive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaskər(ə)/, /ˈaksər(ə)/

asker (plural askers)

1. One who prays towards or supplicates a divinity.
2. One who criticises, reviews, or examines; a checker.
3. A litigant; one who begins legal action or one hired by such a person.
4. (rare) An extortionist; one who requires excessive charges.
5. (rare) One who asks or questions; an asker.
6. (rare) One who levies dues or fees.

• English: asker
• Scots: askar (obsolete)

• “asker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 March 2019.

asker m pl

1. indefinite plural of ask

• ᛆᛋᚴᚽᚱ (Runic)

From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

asker m

1. ash (tree)
2. wooden box

• Swedish: ask
  • → Finnish: aski

• askar

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عسكر (ʿasker), from Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar).

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.kɛr/
• Rhymes: -askɛr
• Syllabification: as‧ker

asker m pers

1. (military) Turkish soldier

   Hypernym: żołnierz

• asker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عسكر (ʼasker)), from Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”), from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”). Replaced the native word çeri.

• IPA^(key): /ɑsˈcæɾ/
• Hyphenation: as‧ker

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asker (definite accusative askeri, plural askerler)

1. soldier (any member of a military, regardless of specialty or rank)
2. military service, especially of conscription
3. private (soldier of the lowest rank)

• → Ladino: asker
• → Koine Greek: ἀσκέρι (askéri)

  → Greek: ασκέρι (askéri)

• “asker”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “asker²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 318
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asker”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “asker”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı