English
Kandahar
Kandahar comes from Pashto کندهار ‘Alexander, Alexandria’, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾸ̓λέξᾰνδρος‘Alexander’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈλεξάνδρειαAlexándreia‘Alexandria Arachosia’
- PashtomodernکندهارKandahār‘Alexander, Alexandria’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Kandahar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾸ̓λέξᾰνδρος‘Alexander’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈλεξάνδρειαAlexándreia‘Alexandria Arachosia’
- PashtomodernکندهارKandahār‘Alexander, Alexandria’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Kandahar
Earliest quotation: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns: “I’m from Kandahar myself. Have you ever been to…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος
Today it means
name A city, the capital of the province of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος / Kandahar