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مُعَسْكَر
camp (military or refugee camp) /muʕasˈkar/
nounB1#2526 most common
Also: training camp, encampment
Example sentences
هذا معسكر كبير.
This is a big camp.
يذهب الأولاد إلى المعسكر الصيفي.
The kids go to the summer camp.
تدرب الجنود في المعسكر طوال الأسبوع.
The soldiers trained in the camp all week.
أقامت الأمم المتحدة معسكرات للاجئين قرب الحدود.
The United Nations set up refugee camps near the border.
خضع المجندون لتدريب قاسٍ داخل المعسكر قبل انتشارهم في الميدان.
The recruits underwent harsh training inside the camp before their deployment to the field.
تحوّل المعسكر المهجور إلى موقع أثري يزوره الباحثون لدراسة تاريخ الحامية العسكرية هناك.
The abandoned camp turned into an archaeological site visited by researchers studying the history of the military garrison there.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُعَسْكَرٌ | مُعَسْكَرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُعَسْكَرٍ | مُعَسْكَرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُعَسْكَراً | مُعَسْكَرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا مُعَسْكَرُ | يَا مُعَسْكَرَاتُ |
Word family
عسكرarmy, troops
عسكريmilitary; soldier
عسكريةmilitarism, military affairs
تعسكرto encamp, to become militarized
معسكراتcamps (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the root ʿ-s-k-r, built around ʿaskar, meaning army or troops. The prefix mu- marks a noun of place, so muʿaskar literally means the place where the army is stationed. The origin of ʿaskar itself is debated. Some scholars trace it to Persian or to Byzantine Greek and Latin military vocabulary that entered Arabic in the early Islamic centuries, but no confirmed link exists.
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