Hashemite

See also: hashemite

English

Etymology

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

Hashemite (plural Hashemites)

1. One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Translations

one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim

• Arabic: هَاشِمِيّ m (hāšimiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈希姆, 哈希姆家族 (Hāxīmǔ Jiāzú)

• Finnish: hašemiitti
• German: Haschemit (de) m
• Hebrew: הַאשִׁמִי (hashimí)
• Hungarian: hásimita, hasemita
• Italian: hascemita (it)
• Latvian: hašimīts m
• Portuguese: haxemitas (pt) m pl or f pl, haxemita (pt) m or f
• Russian: хашими́т (ru) m (xašimít), хашими́тка f (xašimítka)

Adjective

Hashemite (not comparable)

1. Relating to or being descendants of Hashim.

Translations

being or relating to descendants of Hashim

• Arabic: هَاشِمِيّ m (hāšimiyy)
• Finnish: hašemiittinen
• Hungarian: hásimita, hasemita
• Italian: hascemita (it)
• Portuguese: haxemita (pt) m or f
• Russian: хашими́тский (xašimítskij)