askerî

See also: askeri and asǩeri

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عسكری (askeri), from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy), from عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “soldiers, army”), from an Iranian language. By surface analysis, asker +‎ -i (nisba suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.ce.ɾiː/

Adjective

askerî

  1. military (related to the army)

See also

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عسكری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1300
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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