hammer and sickle

English

Alternative forms

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Etymology

The symbol was developed by Yevgeny Kamzolkin in 1917, based on antetypes like hammer and pick (symbol of mining). The hammer represents workers, while the sickle represents farmers.

Noun

hammer and sickle (plural hammers and sickles)

A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
- December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time‎^[1]:
  He remembers the [train] journeys fondly—the vast expanses of the Soviet empire rolling by, the glasses of tea served in metal cup holders embossed with the hammer and sickle.
(metonymically) Socialism or communism itself.

Derived terms

Translations

symbol of communism

Albanian:
Tosk: drapëri dhe çekiçi
Arabic: اَلْمِطْرَقَة وَالْمِنْجَل (al-miṭraqa wa-l-minjal)
Armenian: մուրճ եւ մանգաղ (murč ew mangaġ)
Azerbaijani: oraq və çəkic
Bashkir: ураҡ һәм сүкеш (uraq həm sükeş) (sickle and hammer)
Basque: igitaia eta mailua
Belarusian: серп і мо́лат m (sjerp i mólat) (sickle and hammer)
Bulgarian: сърп и чук m (sǎrp i čuk) (sickle and hammer)
Catalan: falç i martell
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錘子與鐮刀 / 锤子与镰刀 (zh) (chuízi yǔ liándāo)
Chuvash: çурлапа мăлатук (çurlap̬a mălat̬uk)
Czech: srp a kladivo (sickle and hammer)
Danish: hammer og segl
Dutch: hamer en sikkel
Dzongkha: ཟོརཝ་དང་ཐོཝ (zor.w dang thow) (sickle and hammer)
Esperanto: rikoltilo kaj martelo
Estonian: sirp ja vasar
Finnish: sirppi ja vasara
French: la faucille et le marteau, faucille et marteau (fr), faumar (fr) f (informal)
Georgian: ნამგალი და ურო (namgali da uro)
German: Hammer und Sichel (de)
Greek: σφυροδρέπανο (el) (sfyrodrépano)
Hebrew: פטיש ומגל (patísh ve-magal)
Hindi: हथौड़ा और हँसिया (hathauṛā aur hãsiyā)
Hungarian: sarló és kalapács (hu)
Icelandic: hamar og sigð
Indonesian: palu arit
Irish: casúr agus corrán
Italian: falce e martello f
Japanese: 鎌と槌 (かまとつち, kama to tsuchi) (sickle and hammer), 鎌とハンマー (kama to hanmā) (sickle and hammer)
Kazakh: орақ пен балға (oraq pen balğa)
Khmer: ញញួរ កណ្ដៀវ (ɲɔɲuə kɑndiev), ញញួរនិងកណ្ដៀវ (ɲɔɲuə nɨŋ kɑndiev)
Korean: 낫과 망치 (natgwa mangchi) (sickle and hammer)
Kumyk: оракъ ва чёкюч (oraq wa çöküç)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چەکوچ و داس (çekuç û das)
Kyrgyz: орок менен балка (orok menen balka)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: sirpis un āmurs (sickle and hammer)
Lithuanian: kūjis ir pjautuvas
Macedonian: срп и че́кан (srp i čékan) (sickle and hammer)
Malay: tukul dan sabit
Mongolian: алх хадуур (alx xaduur)
Nogai: орак пан шоькиш (orak pan şökiş)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hammer och sigd

Nynorsk: hammar och sigd
Persian: داس و چکش (dâs-o-čakoš)
Polish: sierp i młot (pl) (sickle and hammer)
Portuguese: foice e martelo
Romanian: secera și ciocanul (sickle and hammer)
Russian: серп и мо́лот (ru) m (serp i mólot) (sickle and hammer)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срп и чекић m (sickle and hammer)

Roman: srp i čekić m (sickle and hammer)
Slovak: kosak a kladivo (sickle and hammer)
Slovene: srp in kladivo (sickle and hammer)
Southern Altai: оргок то маска (orgok to maska)
Spanish: hoz y martillo
Swahili: nyundo na mundu
Swedish: hammaren och skäran (sv)
Tajik: дос ва болға (dos va bolġa)
Tatar: урак һәм чүкеч (uraq häm çükeç)
Telugu: సుత్తి మరియు కొడవలి (sutti mariyu koḍavali)
Thai: ค้อนเคียว (kɔ́ɔn-kiao)
Turkish: orak-çekiç, orak ve çekiç
Turkmen: orak ve çekiç
Ukrainian: серп і мо́лот m (serp i mólot) (sickle and hammer)
Uyghur: ئورغاق ۋە بولقا (orghaq we bolqa)
Uzbek: oʻroq va bolgʻa
Vietnamese: búa và liềm
Welsh: morthwyl a chryman
Yakut: сиэрпэ уонна өтүйэ (sierpe uonna ötüye)