hashemite
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Hashemite¹
Where it comes from
From Arabic هَاشِمِيّ (hāšimiyy, “Hashemite”) with English suffix -ite, from هَاشِم (hāšim, “Hashim”). The name signifies "breaker of bread", from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).
noun Hashemites
- One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
adjective
- Relating to or being descendants of Hashim. In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.
hashemite²
Where it comes from
Named after the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, within which it occurs.
noun
- An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.
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noun one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
| 中文 | 哈希姆, 哈希姆家族 Hāxīmǔ Jiāzú |
|---|---|
| Português | haxemitas, haxemita |
| Deutsch | Haschemit |
| Italiano | hascemita |
| Русский | хашими́т xašimít, хашими́тка xašimítka |
| العربية | هَاشِمِيّ hāšimiyy |
| עברית | הַאשִׁמִי hashimí |
adj being or relating to descendants of Hashim
| Português | haxemita |
|---|---|
| Italiano | hascemita |
| Русский | хашими́тский xašimítskij |
| العربية | هَاشِمِيّ hāšimiyy |
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title = {hashemite},
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