Александра

Bulgarian

Etymology

Noted as being the feminine form of Алекса́ндър (Aleksándǎr), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). May therefore also be partly influenced or borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐlɛkˈsandrɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -andrɐ
• Syllabification^(key): А‧лек‧сан‧дра
• Hyphenation^(key): Алек‧сан‧дра

Proper noun

Алекса́ндра • (Aleksándra) f

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Александър (Aleksandǎr), equivalent to English Alexandra

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alɛkˈsandra]

Proper noun

Александра • (Aleksandra) f

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Александар (Aleksandar), equivalent to English Alexandra

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alɛkˈsandra]
• Rhymes: -andra
• Hyphenation: Алек‧сан‧дра

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn Александра (Aleksandra) and Serbo-Croatian Александра / Aleksandra, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra).

Proper noun

Александра (Aleksandra) f (diminutive Саша, possessive adjective Александров)

1. a female given name, Aleksandra, masculine equivalent Александар (Aleksandar), equivalent to English Alexandra

Declension

Declension of Александра (Aleksandra)

	singular	plural
nominative	Александра (Aleksandra)	Александри (Aleksandri)
genitive	Александри (Aleksandri)	Александрох (Aleksandrox)
dative	Александри (Aleksandri)	Александром (Aleksandrom)
accusative	Александру (Aleksandru)	Александри (Aleksandri)
instrumental	Александру (Aleksandru)	Александрами (Aleksandrami)
locative	Александри (Aleksandri)	Александрох (Aleksandrox)
vocative	Александро (Aleksandro)	Александри (Aleksandri)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Александра (Aleksandra)

1. genitive/accusative singular of Александар (Aleksandar)
2. genitive/accusative singular of Александер (Aleksander)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐlʲɪkˈsandrə]

Proper noun

Алекса́ндра • (Aleksándra) f anim (genitive Алекса́ндры, nominative plural Алекса́ндры, genitive plural Алекса́ндр, male equivalent Алекса́ндр, hypocorism Са́ша or Са́ня or Шу́ра)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra
   • 1856, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “I”, in Рудин; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Rudin, 1894:

     Алекса́ндра Па́вловна взяла́ цвето́к и, пройдя́ не́сколько шаго́в, урони́ла его́ на доро́гу…

     Aleksándra Pávlovna vzjalá cvetók i, projdjá néskolʹko šagóv, uroníla jevó na dorógu…

     Alexandra Pavlovna took the flower, and when she had walked a few steps farther, let it drop on the path.

Declension

Declension of Алекса́ндра (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Алекса́ндра Aleksándra	Алекса́ндры Aleksándry
genitive	Алекса́ндры Aleksándry	Алекса́ндр Aleksándr
dative	Алекса́ндре Aleksándre	Алекса́ндрам Aleksándram
accusative	Алекса́ндру Aleksándru	Алекса́ндр Aleksándr
instrumental	Алекса́ндрой, Алекса́ндрою Aleksándroj, Aleksándroju	Алекса́ндрами Aleksándrami
prepositional	Алекса́ндре Aleksándre	Алекса́ндрах Aleksándrax

Derived terms

• (Diminutives): Са́ша (Sáša), Шу́ра (Šúra)
• (Endearing forms): Са́шенька (Sášenʹka), Шу́рочка (Šúročka)
• (Pejorative forms): Шу́рка (Šúrka)

Related terms

• Александри́на (Aleksandrína)
• Оле́ся (Olésja)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: Oleksandra

Transliterations

• English: Aleksandra, Alexandra
• Lithuanian: Aleksandra
• Estonian: Aleksandra
• Latvian: Aleksandra

Proper noun

Алекса́ндра • (Aleksándra) m

1. genitive/accusative singular of Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr)