Where does “ইস্কান্দার” come from?
ইস্কান্দার (Bengali) comes from Persian اسکندر, from Pahlavi swkndl, from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr — man.
Ancestry of “ইস্কান্দার”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | اسکندر | — |
| 2 | Pahlavi | swkndl | — |
| 3 | Arabic | إِسْكَنْدَر | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |