Hashemite
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See also: hashemite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Hashemite (plural Hashemites)
- One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Translations
[edit]one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
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Adjective
[edit]Hashemite (not comparable)
- Relating to or being descendants of Hashim.
Translations
[edit]being or relating to descendants of Hashim
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