Skënder

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /skən ˈdɛɾ/
  • Hyphenation: Skën‧der

Proper noun[edit]

Skënder m

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