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Languages (or language families) that are influenced by Arabic (Turkic family[0], for example) `interpret` Alexander as such, albeit with slight modifications (
by jmstfv 10y ago
Languages (or language families) that are influenced by Arabic (Turkic family[0], for example) `interpret` Alexander as such, albeit with slight modifications (Iskender[TR], İsgəndər[AZ] and so on). If you listen to the pronunciation[1] of Alexander in Arabic you could witness that this is indeed the case.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages
[1] https://translate.google.com/#en/ar/alexander https://translate.google.com/#en/ar/alexander
Edit: fixed spacing
- _samihasan_ 10y agoYes. In MSA, it's "Iskandar" and in Egyptian Arabic it's "Eskandar".