İskender

See also: iskender

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian اسكندر‎ (Eskandar), from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر‎ (ʾiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Proper noun

İskender

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
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