English Explanatory Dictionary

Hashemite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
adj
  1. Relating to or being descendants of Hashim.
noun
  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Word forms

Hashemite Hashemites

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”).

Derived words

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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