# asker
## English
### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈæsk.ɚ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːsk.ə/
** Audio (UK):(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

asker (plural askers)
* Someone who asks a question. [from 12th c.]
    Synonym: questioner
    Antonyms: askee; see also Thesaurus:askee
    Hyponym: requestor

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

asker (plural askers)
* (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.

### Anagrams

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

## Crimean Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | аскер |
| Roman | |

### Etymology

From Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: as‧ker

### Noun

asker
* soldier; warrior

#### Derived terms

* askerbaşı
* askeriy (“military”)
* askerlik

### References

* “asker”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Danish
### Noun

asker c pl
* plural indefinite of aske

### Verb

asker
* present tense of aske

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* askere, axer, axere

### Etymology

From axen +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaskər(ə)/, /ˈaksər(ə)/

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* English: asker
* Scots: askar (obsolete)

#### References

* “asker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-10.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

asker m pl
* indefinite plural of ask

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* ᛆᛋᚴᚽᚱ (Runic)

### Etymology

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

### Noun

asker m
* ash (tree)
* wooden box

#### Descendants

* Swedish: ask
** → Finnish: aski

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* askar

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈas.kɛr/
* Rhymes: -askɛr
* Syllabification: as‧ker

### Noun

asker m pers
* (military) Turkish soldier
    Hypernym: żołnierz

#### Related terms

* askarys

### Further reading

* asker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑsˈcæɾ/
* Hyphenation: as‧ker
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

asker (definite accusative askeri, plural askerler)
* soldier (any member of a military, regardless of specialty or rank)
* military service, especially of conscription
* private (soldier of the lowest rank)

#### Derived terms

* asker kaçağı
* asker ocağı
* askere gitmek
* askerlik
* çocuk asker
* kazasker
* serasker

#### Descendants

* → Ladino: asker
* → Koine Greek: ἀσκέρι (askéri)
    → Greek: ασκέρι (askéri)

### Further reading

* “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