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

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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.
   • 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:

     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.

Derived terms

• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

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)