6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati Proto-Iranian *karah Middle Persian lšklbor.? Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar) Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy)bor. Swahili askaribor. English askari From Swahili askari (“soldier”), from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy). Doublet of lascar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0