اسکندر
Persian
editAlternative forms
edit- سِکَنْدَر (sekandar)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر (ʔiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔis.kan.ˈdaɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔes.kʰʲæn̪.d̪ǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔis.kʰän̪.d̪ǽɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | iskandar |
Dari reading? | iskandar |
Iranian reading? | eskandar |
Tajik reading? | iskandar |
Proper noun
editDari | اسکندر |
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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
edit- الکساندر (aleksânder)
Descendants
edit- → Bashkir: Искәндәр (İskəndər)
- → Bengali: ইস্কান্দর (iskandor), সিকান্দর (śikandor)
- → Kazakh: Ескендір (Eskendır)
- → Russian: Ескенди́р m anim (Jeskendír)
- → Hindustani: (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Punjabi: sikaṉdar (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Ottoman Turkish: اسكندر (İskender) (see there for further descendants)
- → Pashto: سکندر (sikandar) (via سِکَنْدَر (sekandar))
- → Uzbek: Iskandar
Categories:
- Persian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian proper nouns
- Persian given names
- Persian male given names
- Persian male given names from Arabic
- Persian male given names from Ancient Greek
- Persian terms with collocations