Given name · Kazakh
Ескендір
Ескендір (Eskendir) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Kazakh.
KazakhWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Alexander.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ескендір comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Kazakh usage, Ескендір developed from إسكندر.
Ескендір’s family of names
In Kazakh usage, Ескендір developed from the Arabic form إسكندر. In Kazakh usage, Ескендір has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alexander. In Kazakh usage, Ескендір can be written in the Roman alphabet as ESKENDIR.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ескендір has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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