סְקוּנְדּרֵי

אִיסְקוּנְדְּרֵי, אסְק׳, סְקוּנְדּרֵיm. pl. (Pers. is kodâr, ἀσκάνδης, σαγγάνδης, ἀστάδης; v. Perles Et. St. p. 11 3) prop. despatch-bearers, name of a game, a kind of chess. Kidd.21b באי׳ אטללתו Ar. (Var. Ar. בסק׳; ed. איסקומדרי) you must have played at iskundré (instead of studying). Shebu.29a דילמא איס׳וכ׳ (Ms. M. איסקודרי) perhaps he gave them checkers (tokens in game) and passed them for Zuzé. Ned.25a. Cmp. איסקרנדה.