Skënder
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]Proper noun
[edit]Skënder m
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
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- Albanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
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- Albanian terms derived from Persian
- Albanian terms derived from Arabic
- Albanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Albanian lemmas
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- Albanian given names
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- Albanian male given names from Ancient Greek