حماس
العربية
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حماس¹
- /ħa.maːs/
Where it comes from
Unlikely related to Hebrew חמס, as Akkadian cognates suggest Proto-Semitic initial *ḫ-, whence Hebrew ḫ- > ḥ- and Arabic ḫ-, not ḥ-.
noun حَمَاس · ḥamās · الْحَمَاس · حَمَاسٌ
- excitement; enthusiasm; zeal مَعَ ٱسْتِمْرَارِ الْاِجْتِمَاعِ، تَلَاشَى ٱهْتِمَامُهَا، وَجَلَسَتْ مُسْتَرْخِيَةً بِلَا حَمَاسٍ.
حماس²
- /ħa.maːs/
Where it comes from
Acronym of حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwamati l-ʔislāmiyyati, “Islamic Resistance Movement”).
proper noun حَمَاس · ḥamās · -
- Hamas (a Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization)
In English
- zeal fervour or devotion
- enthusiasm feeling of excited, lively interest
- Hamas Palestinian militant group
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