Skënder

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (compare modern Turkish İskender), from Persian اسكندر‎‎ (Eskandar), from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر‎‎ (ʾiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Doublet of Aleksandër.

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

Proper noun

Skënder m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
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