Hashemite
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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