Ahmadinejad

English

Alternative forms

• Ahmadinezhad

Etymology

From Iranian Persian احمدی‌نژاد (ahmadi-nežâd).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːməˈdiːnəʒæd/, /ˌɑːməˈdiːnədʒæd/

Proper noun

Ahmadinejad

1. A surname from Persian, notably borne by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Usage notes

• The use of ⟨j⟩ as a transcription of Persian letter ژ (pronounced [ʒ]) is, strictly speaking, inaccurate: normally, the digraph ⟨zh⟩ is used in English transcriptions of this letter, ⟨j⟩ being reserved for the letter ج which is pronounced [dʒ].
• The hyphen ⟨-⟩ in the Persian transliteration "ahmadi-nežâd" represents an invisible zero-width non-joiner between letters ی and ن, which makes the letters appear disconnected. Without it, they would appear connected (احمدینژاد).

Translations

Persian surname

• Arabic: أَحْمَدِي نِجاد (ʔaḥmadī nijād)
• Armenian: Ահմադինեժադ (Ahmadinežad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾哈邁迪內賈德／艾哈迈迪内贾德 (zh) (Àihāmàidínèijiǎdé)

• German: Ahmadineschad m or f
• Persian: احمدی‌نژاد (ahmadi-nežâd)
• Russian: Ахмадинежа́д (Axmadinežád)
• Turkish: Ahmedinejad