Why is ALEXANDER called SIKANDAR in Hindi?

Question

All the names are same in English, and also in Hindi, then why is ALEXANDER called SIKANDAR?

Answer 1

Because when the name al-eks-an-der was borrowed into early Hindi (and also into many other languages of the region), the al- at the beginning was interpreted to be another grammatical element, perhaps a definite article "the". So these speakers did not "hear" Alexander, but "the Ksander". Since "ks" is an odd sequence at the beginning of a word in most languages, the two sounds were metathesized and a vowel inserted to break them up, thus "Sikander". These processes are common. For example, when the Powhatan word "apassem" was borrowed into English in the 17th century, it was heard as "a possum", so the correct English pronunciation of opossum is "possum". We spell the word as in Powhatan, but we pronounce it as if the first syllable is the indefinite article "a". The same thing happened when the Acadians went to Louisiana. The first syllable was interpreted as the indefinite article "a" and so "Acadian" became "a Cajun".

Answer 2

The Greek name Alexander entered West Asian languages as al-Sikandar or Iskandar, which in turn was rendered into Indian languages as Skanda 'the wargod.' It later on changed to Sikander or Sikandar.

Answer 3

Sikander, for Alexander, dates from Alexander the Great's excursion into India a millennium or two ago. Over that time Alexander was transformed to Sikander. There have been other transliterations - Kandahar was one of the Alexandrias that Alexander founded during his travels. Sikander is one of the transliterations of Alexander into Persian, and Hindi may have picked that up.



What is extraordinary is that the name of someone who died in 330 BCE remains in languages 2,400 years later.

Answer 4

Origin Of The Name Alexander

Answer 5

In the Muslim world, it is Iskanda. R u sure Hindi is Sikandar?



Anyway, this are all translation. What we have in English may not be the most accurate one.



Take the name of Jesus. There are so many translation. IN Hebrew, it is never Jesus. It is Yeshua. In Bahasa Malay, it is Yesus. In Arabic, it is Isa. In Chinese it was Ye-Shu. So, frankly, what we known as Jesus is actually not the most correct one.



Certain language have/ don't have certain pronunciation. Their phonic system may also be different. Thus it is different.

Answer 6

In Hindi "sikka" means currency, printing coins etc. Hence sikka plus ander can mean a rich man. By the time alexander came to India, he had won many battles, conquered many countries and obviously would have been holding a large treasure. If this was the intended meaning of the word sikander, then it was apt for the situation.

Answer 7

Whatever word is not available in Hindi, we can easily make use of the original words from other languages. That flexibility is there. In Hindi also you can say mobile phone. They generally say for phone, phone only.

Answer 8

Alexander is a Greek name . it consists of two words; " Alex" meaning "keeping away" and "Ander" meaning "man" in Greek, the word "man" is "Andras" . now, in Hindi, (that has many common roots with Greek language, you can notice that "Alexander" became "sikandar". i believe it also consists of two words, the one being "sik" and the second "andar" = "andras" = "man"so, the word "sik" must be meaning something similar to the Greek "alex" . a modern exact translation of the name "Alexander" in Greek would be "man proof". ask a Hindi guy/girl for the word "sik", and i can share the points with him-her.





I just saw what Taivo said, i tseems extremely right. I don't think he would be called "rich man", the option of the locals pronouncing him as Al exander= Al eksander= al eskander=al skander=Al sikandar makes much sence to me. So i rest my case and i believe taivo has to get the points.



:-)

Answer 9

no all names aren't same in english and hindi .and this name is not english or hindi name it comes from eskandar maghdoony that he was one of the iranian kings .



(we=iranian call it eskandar)

Answer 10

The Hindi name or Indian name is Alekshendra . Sikandar is a Persian derivative

Answer 11

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Answer 12

People didnt know how to pronounce hence they made it easy to pronounce

Answer 13

no dear all the names are not the same - eg Jesus is called Eshu

Answer 14

NO idea dude..tried to search..did not get the answer..

Answer 15

The word Ale means God(al,el yll,eloh,alah=star,,,,Al,El,iL,Yll,Ar,Ra,,Alban,Arban,Arian,). the ylliria,illyria,iliria,ilios,elas io,Eu..th d z. theu deu zeu.the son of eu.the Sun . star syrius god, the Sun God.Alexander was thought to be Jesus,Jezeus=you are zeus.that is why he was named the son of Zeus.Ale Skander..Skander=capital kingdom of Illyria, Epirus, now named Shkoder in Albanian, Slavic Skadar,Turkis Iskandaria,Italian Scutari.So we have God Shkoder.X was read SK not KS. exodus=escodus,escape,skip,Sko(shko,albanian) =go.the Vowels were added different in other nations.I believe that Scamandros,,Ska(ma)ndros skandros was the Aga memnon,Old minde(tribal leader, old smart one).Asht(eshte este )A=it is,Ge=time, A ge=age in englisht, Albanian means,,, is time...Do you have time=A ke Ge. A in this case becomes a question, do you(A ke).Iliad as well is ylliria,illyria, ilia ilios.Alexander does not mean what Greeks say, but since was thought to be the Mesia then he was considered as savior of Men(son of God, Zeus).That would be Jesus,Je (Ie)=you are Zeus, Je Zeus.Greeks keep creating words to respond to names.Albanian language is older then Greek.Alex name was simply Skander..Philip, Filip... Filli as in bible(NEFILLIM) meaning, in the beginning ..The one who leads is in beginning ,front, lead. fill=beginning. filiz Filis means Bud..The beginning of a flower, fruit, etc. from file to fileu fileur filo foliur foliourist flower ...But flower is Lule,lute, leta, leca.But since flower is used to show love, the Greeks took it as love.Loue.filo= begin. Fillo=start...fie fije=little,file=grind it to sharpen...gri as well Albanian,grrye(scratch on rock or dirt or else)gerrma(letter in Albanian, from grrye)..Greh gre=pull, grep=hook(ha grep,hagrep=eat hook= scorpion ), grep,,,, grip grab English..Zanafilla=genesis .The bible has Albanian meaning words..MNL(torah no vowels). aMeNeyL=is with us star(God).Emanuel.JRSLM,Je(Ie,you are)Rus(protector)al(god)Em(mine).You are the protector God mine. Place where God saves for us, In heaven, not in this earth=Paradise. To know the BC we need Albanian language, the Gheg dialect(North Albanian and Kosovo) which we do not have it recorded yet(we have a standard 1972 language of Albanian)..izraelites believed in son of Zeus, the Perseus, that is why they named the kingdom of Cyrus Perseus,Persia.Then darius(dy,due Ar, son of star god=Sun)then Xerxes=George, perseus and saint George kill the water dragon, save men..dragon=devil,....Son of God Jezeus.. Isa in Quran kills the devil as well. geography and original language were tempered with... They created this Aramaik language then after Today Hebrew and Arab.The greek and latin (were created for people in position , but majority did not speak and they got lost)are older,but not as old as Albanian. I gave more then asked for the answer, but this helps to believe what I say. Jesus said, I am king of hell, in Albanian hell is ferr or therra meaning thorn,therr thern thorn a vowel different). king of lost souls that go to hell.King of sinners... that is why we gave him the crown of thorn on his head. the word fire is wrong. ze(worm)...zeus zearr(fire), zeus god of thunder fire.Zearr, now we call it ziarr. fire was taken wrong from thorn,ferra, when we cook rotiserie we use a thorn(staff) to spin the meat and from that thorn was taken for fire, therra ferra to ferno,enfer.hell.albanian hala =fish thorns(bones)...Hala hell.Thorn land(hell),flower land(paradise).Ther there=Stab.