"askari" meaning in Swahili

See askari in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-askari.flac [Kenya] Forms: askari [canonical], askari [plural], maaskari [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|عَسْكَرِيّ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy), {{bor+|sw|ar|عَسْكَرِيّ}} Borrowed from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} askari, {{sw-noun|n}} askari (n class, plural askari), {{head|sw|noun|head=}} askari, {{sw-noun|ma}} askari (ma class, plural maaskari)
  1. soldier, guard Tags: class-10, class-5, class-6, class-9
    Sense id: en-askari-sw-noun-EegC6W-W
  2. police officer Tags: class-10, class-5, class-6, class-9 Categories (topical): Military, Occupations
    Sense id: en-askari-sw-noun-lur~KYyi Disambiguation of Military: 0 100 Disambiguation of Occupations: 13 87 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mwanajeshi

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for askari meaning in Swahili (2.9kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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