English Explanatory Dictionary

Qassam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Qassam rocket, a type of homemade rocket used by Hamas militants in Gaza.
  2. Any rocket fired from Gaza.

Word forms

Qassam Qassams Kassam

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic قَسَّام (qassām); named after Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

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