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Hamas

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See also: hamas and Hamás

English

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 Hamas on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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  • Khamas (based on the Hebrew pronunciation)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally enthusiasm), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, Islamic Resistance Movement). The pronunciation with /x/ is from or influenced by Hebrew חַמַאס.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hamas

  1. A militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return.
    • 2009 January 13, “'Never again,' says survivor”, in Toronto Star[1]:
      Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.
    • 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times[2]:
      [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.

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Anagrams

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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die Hamas f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Hamas)

  1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Hamas” in Duden online
  • Hamas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.mas/
  • Rhymes: -amas
  • Syllabification: Ha‧mas

Proper noun

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Hamas m inan

  1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)
    Synonym: Muzułmański Ruch Oporu

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Further reading

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  • Hamas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Hamas in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Proper noun

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Hamas n (genitive Hamas)

  1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)

Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Proper noun

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Hamas

  1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)

Declension

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Declension of Hamas
singular
nominative Hamas
accusative Hamas'ı
dative Hamas'a
locative Hamas'da
ablative Hamas'dan
genitive Hamas'ın