Where does “Iskandar” come from?
Iskandar (Indonesian) comes from Malay Iskandar, 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 — man.
Iskandar (Indonesian): Variant of the name Alexander
Definitions
- Variant of the name Alexander
Ancestry of “Iskandar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | Iskandar | Variant of the name Alexander |
| 2 | Persian | اسکندر | — |
| 3 | Pahlavi | swkndl | — |
| 4 | Arabic | إِسْكَنْدَر | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |