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Surname · Arabic

خميني

خميني (ḵumayniyy) is a surname from Persian. It is used in Arabic.

ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ḵumayniyy.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

خميني comes from Persian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Persian خمینی (xomeyni).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

خميني’s family of names

In Arabic usage, خميني as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Хомейни. In Arabic usage, خميني as a surname was borrowed from the Persian form خمینی. In Arabic usage, خميني as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as ḵumayniyy.

Walk خميني’s family in the name graph

خمينيḵumayniyyخمینیخُمَيْنِيّХомейни

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 3

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