Hamas
Meanings
name
- A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.
name
- Alternative form of Hamas.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”). A few speakers pronounce it with /x/ to imitate Hebrew חַמַאס instead.
Derived words
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