İskender

See also: iskender

Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian اسكندر (Eskandar), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر (ʾiskandar), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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