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.]

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.

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

From Arabic عَسْكَر‎ (ʕaskar, “army”).

asker

1. soldier; warrior

asker c pl

1. plural indefinite of aske

asker

1. present tense of aske

• askere, axer, axere

From axen +‎ -er.

• 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 2019-03-10.

asker m pl

1. indefinite plural of ask

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

asker m

1. ash (tree)
2. wooden box

• Swedish: ask
  • → Finnish: aski

• askar

Borrowed from Arabic عَسْكَر‎ (ʕaskar).

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

asker m pers

1. (military) Turkish soldier

   Hypernym: żołnierz

• asker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• asker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عسكر‎ (asker), from Arabic عَسْكَر‎ (ʕaskar, “army”), from Persian لشکر‎ (laškar, “army”).

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

asker (definite accusative askeri, plural askerler)

1. soldier

• askerlik
• çocuk asker

• → Ladino: asker

• asker in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• 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