सिकंदर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sikandar),^[1] from earlier (iskandar). First attested in c. 1503^[2] as Middle Hindi سکندر (skndr /⁠sikandar⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɪ.kən.d̪əɾ/, [sɪ.kɐ̃n̪.d̪ɐɾ]
Hyphenation: सि‧कं‧दर
Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

सिकंदर • (sikandar) m (Urdu spelling سِکَنْدَر)

king, ruler
Synonyms: राजा (rājā), शाह (śāh)

जो जीता वही सिकंदर ― jo jītā vahī sikandar ― he who wins is the king

Declension

Declension of *सिकंदर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	सिकंदर sikandar	सिकंदर sikandar
oblique	सिकंदर sikandar	सिकंदरों sikandarõ
vocative	सिकंदर sikandar	सिकंदरो sikandaro

Proper noun

सिकंदर • (sikandar) m (Urdu spelling سِکَنْدَر)

a male given name, Sikandar, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
1. Alexander the Great, king of Macedon

Declension

Declension of *सिकंदर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	सिकंदर sikandar	सिकंदर sikandar
oblique	सिकंदर sikandar	सिकंदरों sikandarõ
vocative	सिकंदर sikandar	सिकंदरो sikandaro

Derived terms

सिकंदराबाद (sikandarābād, “Secunderabad”)

References

^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “sikandar”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 778.
^ “سکندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.