خامنه‌ای

Persian

Etymology

From (xāmana / xâmene, “Khamaneh”, a town in Iran) +‎ (-ī / -i, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.ma.na.ˈʔiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.mä.nä.ʔíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.mä.nä.jíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.mä.nä.jí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.mene.ʔíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.mä.nä.ʔí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xāmana-'ī
Dari reading^?	xāmana-'ī
Iranian reading^?	xâmene-'i
Tajik reading^?	xomana-'i

Proper noun

خامنه‌ای • (xāmana-ī / xâmene-i) (Tajik spelling Хоманаӣ)

a surname, Khamenei

Descendants

Tajik: Хоманаӣ (Xomanayi)
→ Arabic: خَامِنَئِيّ (ḵāminaʔiyy) (transliteration)
→ English: Khamenei (transliteration)
→ German: Chamenei (transliteration)
→ Turkish: Hamenei (transliteration)
→ Uzbek: Xomanaiy