Skënder

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Albanian

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Etymology

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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

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

Proper noun

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Skënder m

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