Hamas

See also: hamas and Hamás

English

Alternative forms
  • Khamas (based on the Hebrew pronunciation)

Etymology

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
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /həˈmɑs/
  • (US, Canada) (imitating Hebrew) IPA(key): /xəˈmɑs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /həˈmæs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs

Proper noun

Hamas

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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

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

Proper noun

Hamas m inan

  1. (Islam) Hamas (Palestinian militant group)
    Synonym: Muzułmański Ruch Oporu

Declension
Declension of Hamas
singular
nominative Hamas
genitive Hamasu
dative Hamasowi
accusative Hamas
instrumental Hamasem
locative Hamasie
vocative Hamasie

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Hamas n (genitive Hamas)

  1. Hamas

Turkish

Proper noun

Hamas

  1. Hamas

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