The story
- Persian · derived fromلشکر“army”
- Arabic · derived fromعَسْكَر“army”
- Persian · derived fromسر“head”
- Persian · derived fromسرعسکر
- Ottoman Turkish · derived fromسرعسكر
- English todayseraskier
From Ottoman Turkish سرعسكر (serasker), from Persian سرعسکر (sar'askar), a compound word from Persian سر (sar, “head”) and Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”), itself from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”).
Words from the same roots
Persianسر all →
sarpanch
Arabicعَسْكَر all →
askar
Persianلشکر all →
lascar
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.