serasker

English

Noun

serasker (plural seraskers)

1. Alternative form of seraskier.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سرعسكر (ser’asker). Equivalent to ser (“head”) +‎ asker (“soldier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾas.ceɾ/
• Hyphenation: se‧ras‧ker

Noun

serasker (definite accusative seraskeri, plural seraskerler) (historical)

1. seraskier

Declension

Declension of serasker

	singular	plural
nominative	serasker	seraskerler
definite accusative	seraskeri	seraskerleri
dative	seraskere	seraskerlere
locative	seraskerde	seraskerlerde
ablative	seraskerden	seraskerlerden
genitive	seraskerin	seraskerlerin

Derived terms

• serasker kapısı
• seraskerlik

Further reading

• “serasker”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “serasker”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4152a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “serasker”, in Nişanyan Sözlük