Skënder

See also: Skender

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكندر (iskender), from Persian اسکندر (eskandar), from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَر (al-ʔiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Doublet of Aleksandër. Cognate with Turkish İskender and Azerbaijani İsgəndər.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skənˈdɛɾ/
• Hyphenation: Skën‧der

Proper noun

Skënder m

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

Declension

Declension of Skënder

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Skënder	Skënderi
accusative		Skënderin
dat./abl.	Skënderi	Skënderit