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