اسکندر
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Persian
Alternative forms
- سِکَنْدَر (sekandar)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر (ʔiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | iskandar |
| Dari reading? | iskandar |
| Iranian reading? | eskandar |
| Tajik reading? | iskandar |
Proper noun
| Dari | اسکندر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Искандар |
إِسْكَنْدَر • (eskandar)
- a male given name, Eskandar or Iskandar, from Arabic , equivalent to English Alexander
- اسکندر مقدونی ― eskandar-e maqduni ― Alexander the Great (literally, “Alexander the Macedonian”)
Related terms
- الکساندر (aleksânder)
Descendants
- → Bashkir: Искәндәр
- → Bengali: ইস্কান্দর (iskandor), সিকান্দর (śikandor)
- → Kazakh: Ескендір (Eskendır)
- → Russian: Ескенди́р m anim (Jeskendír)
- → Hindustani: (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Punjabi: sikaṉdar (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Ottoman Turkish: اسكندر (İskender) (see there for further descendants)
- → Pashto: سکندر (sikandar) (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Uzbek: Iskandar