सिकंदर

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سِکَنْدَر (sikandar),[1] from earlier اِسْکَنْدَر (iskandar). First attested in c. 1503[2] as Middle Hindi سکندر (skndr /⁠sikandar⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɪ.kən.d̪əɾ/,
  • Hyphenation: सि‧कं‧दर
  • Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

सिकंदर • (sikandar) m (Urdu spelling سِکَنْدَر)

  1. king, ruler
    Synonyms: राजा (rājā), शाह (śāh)
    जो जीता वही सिकंदर ― jo jītā vahī sikandar ― he who wins is the king

Declension

Declension of सिकंदर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct सिकंदर
sikandar 		सिकंदर
sikandar
oblique सिकंदर
sikandar 		सिकंदरों
sikandarõ
vocative सिकंदर
sikandar 		सिकंदरो
sikandaro

Proper noun

सिकंदर • (sikandar) m (Urdu spelling سِکَنْدَر)

  1. a male given name, Sikandar, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
    1. Alexander the Great, king of Macedon

Declension

Declension of सिकंदर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct सिकंदर
sikandar 		सिकंदर
sikandar
oblique सिकंदर
sikandar 		सिकंदरों
sikandarõ
vocative सिकंदर
sikandar 		सिकंदरो
sikandaro

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “sikandar”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 778.
  2. ^ “سکندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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