Chomeini
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian خمینی (xomeyni), from خمین (xomeyn, “Khomein, a town in Iran”) and the suffix ـی (-i).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xoˈmɛɪ̯ni/ (usual; with idiolectal variants)
Proper noun
Chomeini m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Chomeinis or (with an article) Chomeini, feminine genitive Chomeini, plural Chomeinis)
- a surname, Khomeini, from Persian, notably borne by Ruhollah Khomeini
Declension
Declension of Chomeini [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Chomeini | (eine) | (die) | Chomeini | (die) | Chomeinis |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Chomeinis, Chomeini1 | (einer) | (der) | Chomeini | (der) | Chomeinis |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Chomeini | (einer) | (der) | Chomeini | (den) | Chomeinis |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Chomeini | (eine) | (die) | Chomeini | (die) | Chomeinis |
1With an article.