سکندر
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sikanˈdaɾ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /sɪkanˈdaɾ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /sekænˈdæɾ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /sikanˈdaɾ/
Urdu
Alternative forms
- اسکندر (iskandar)
Etymology
From Classical Persian سکندر (sikandar, “Alexander The Great”), from Middle Persian swkndl (sikandar), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɪ.kən.d̪əɾ/
- (Deccani) IPA(key): /sɪ.kən.d̪əɾ/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -əɾ
Noun
سکندر • (sikandar) m (Hindi spelling सिकंदर)
- king, ruler, sovereign
- تلوار اور ایمان سے فتح حاصل کر کے وہ ہر گاؤں اور شہر، ہر پہاڑ اور ہر میدان کا سکندر بن گیا۔
- talvār aur īmān se fatah hasil kar ke vo har gāoñ aur šehár, har pahāṛ aur har maydān kā sikandar ban geyā
- with sword and faith, yielding victory, he became the sovereign of every village and city, every mountain and every plain.
- Synonym: شاہ (šāh)
Proper noun
سکندر • (sikandar) m (Hindi spelling सिकंदर)
- Alexander the Great; king of Macedon whose undefeated campaign spanned across much of West Asia and finally ending in Pakistan, establishing one of the largest empires in classical antiquity.
- a male given name, Sikandar, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
Derived terms
- سِکَنْدَری (sikandarī, “glory and splendor like Alexander's, pretaining to Alexander the Great”)
- سِکَندرِ اَعظَم (sikandar-e-ā'zam, “Alexander the Great”)
- سِکَنْدَر بَخْت (sikandar-baxt, “fortunate, very lucky”)
- سَدِ سِکَنْدَر (sad-e-sikandar, “wall of Alexander, a wall created by Alexander the Great to defend earth from Gog and Magog”)
- سِکَنْدَر نِژاد (sikandar-nižād, “(poetically, metaphorically) of the race of Alexander the Great, Alexander-like, brave”)
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