اسکندر
Persian
Alternative forms
- سِکَنْدَر (sekandar)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر (ʔiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔis.kan.ˈdaɾ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.kʰän̪.d̪ǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.kʰän̪.d̪ǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.kʰän̪.d̪ǽɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔes.kʰʲæn̪.d̪ǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔis.kʰän̪.d̪ǽɾ]
| 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 [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Alexander
- اسکندر مقدونی ― eskandar-e maqduni ― Alexander the Great (literally, “Alexander the Macedonian”)
Related terms
- الکساندر (aleksânder)
Descendants
- → Bashkir: Искәндәр (İskəndər)
- → Bengali: সিকান্দর (śikandor) (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Kazakh: Ескендір (Eskendır)
- → Russian: Ескенди́р m anim (Jeskendír)
- → Hindustani: (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Ottoman Turkish: اسكندر (İskender) (see there for further descendants)
- → Pashto: سکندر (sikandar) (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Uzbek: Iskandar
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