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Finkelstein

US/ˈfɪŋ.kəlˌstaɪn/

Finkelstein proper noun: a surname from Yiddish.

Proper noun

Finkelstein (plural Finkelsteins)

  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Finkelstein meaning in Tamil

Finkelstein in Tamil

ஃபிங்கல்ஸ்டீன்

Forms of Finkelstein

pluralFinkelsteins

Origin of Finkelstein

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿינקעלשטיין (finkelshteyn), from Old High German funko (“spark”) with stein (“stone”).

Words formed from Finkelstein

Questions about Finkelstein

What does Finkelstein mean?
Finkelstein means a surname from Yiddish.
What is Finkelstein in Tamil?
Finkelstein in Tamil is ஃபிங்கல்ஸ்டீன். See Finkelstein meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Finkelstein?
Finkelstein is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Finkelstein?
Finkelstein is pronounced /ˈfɪŋ.kəlˌstaɪn/ (US).

Words near Finkelstein in the dictionary

  1. finked
  2. finked out
  3. Finkel
  4. Finkelhor
  5. Finkels
  6. Finkelstein
  7. Finkelstein reaction
  8. Finkelsteins
  9. Finkes
  10. finking
  11. finking out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Finkelstein (page history and authors); finkelstein (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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