Skënder

See also: Skender

Albanian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /skənˈdɛɾ/
  • Hyphenation: Skën‧der

Proper noun

Skënder m

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

Declension

Declension of Skënder
singular
indefinite definite
nominative Skënder Skënderi
accusative Skënderin
dat./abl. Skënderi Skënderit