إسكندر

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔis.kan.dar/
- IPA^(key): /skan.dar/ (dialectal)

Proper noun

إسْكَنْدَر • (ʔiskandar) m

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander

Descendants

→ Amharic: እስክንድር (ʾəskəndər)
→ Northern Kurdish: Îskenderê
→ Madurese: ꦲꦶꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ (iskandar)
→ Malay: Iskandar
- Indonesian: Iskandar
→ Cheke Holo: Iskandal
→ Classical Persian: اِسْکَنْدَر (iskandar), سِکَنْدَر (sekandar)
- → Bashkir: Искәндәр (İskəndər)
- → Bengali: সিকান্দর (śikandor) (via (sekandar))
- → Kazakh: Ескендір (Eskendır)
  - → Russian: Ескенди́р m anim (Jeskendír)
- → Hindustani: (via (sekandar))
  Urdu: سِکَنْدَر (sikandar)
  Hindi: सिकंदर (sikandar)
- → Ottoman Turkish: اسكندر (İskender) (see there for further descendants)
  - Turkish: İskender
  - → Albanian: Skënder
  - → Azerbaijani: İsgəndər
  - → Karakalpak: İskender
  - → Tatar: İskändär
  - → Turkmen: Isgender
  - → Uyghur: ئىسكەندەر (iskender)
  - → Zazaki: İskendero
- → Pashto: سکندر (sikandar) (via (sekandar))
- → Uzbek: Iskandar

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