إسكندر

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). The initial syllable of the original name was lost because it was interpreted as the definite article اَلْ (al-).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

إسْكَنْدَر • (ʔiskandar) m

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

Descendants

• → Amharic: እስክንድር (ʾəskəndər)
• → Indonesian: Iskandar
• → Northern Kurdish: Îskenderê
• → Madurese: ꦲꦶꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢꦂ (iskandar)
• → Malay: Iskandar
• → Cheke Holo: Iskandal
• → Classical Persian: اِسْکَنْدَر (iskandar), سِکَنْدَر (sekandar)
  • → Bashkir: Искәндәр (İskəndər)
  • → Bengali: ইস্কান্দর (iskandor), সিকান্দর (śikandor)
  • → Gujarati: સિકંદર (sikandar)
  • → Kannauji: सिकंदर
  • → Kazakh: Ескендір (Eskendır)
    • → Russian: Ескенди́р m anim (Jeskendír)
  • → Malay: Iskandar
  • → Middle Hindi: سکندر (skndr /⁠sikandar⁠/) (via Classical Persian سِکَنْدَر (sikandar)).
    • Hindustani: sikandar

      Hindi: सिकंदर

      Urdu: سِکَنْدَر

  • → Punjabi: (via Classical Persian سِکَنْدَر (sikandar))

    Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਕੰਦਰ (sikandar)

    Shahmukhi script: سِکَن٘دَر (sikaṉdar)

  • → 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 سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
  • → Uzbek: Iskandar