"Hamas" meaning in English

See Hamas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /həˈmɑs/ [Canada, US], /xəˈmɑs/, /həˈmæs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hamas.wav
Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ح م س}}, {{bor+|en|ar|حَمَاس|lit=enthusiasm}} Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), {{der|en|he|חַמַאס}} Hebrew חַמַאס Head templates: {{en-prop}} Hamas
  1. A militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return. Wikidata QID: Q38799 Wikipedia link: Hamas Categories (topical): Islam, Nationalism, Organizations, Palestinian politics Synonyms: Khamas (english: based on the Hebrew pronunciation) Derived forms: Hamasnik Translations (Palestinian militant group): حَمَاس (ḥamās) [feminine, masculine] (Arabic), حَرَكَة حَمَاس (ḥarakat ḥamās) [feminine] (Arabic), Համաս (Hamas) (Armenian), Həmas (Azerbaijani), Хама́с (Xamás) [masculine] (Belarusian), হামাস (hamaś) (Bengali), 哈馬斯 /哈马斯 (Hāmǎsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Hamas (Finnish), Hamas [masculine] (French), ჰამასი (hamasi) (Georgian), Hamas [feminine] (German), Χαμάς (Chamás) [feminine] (Greek), חַמַאס (hamás) [feminine] (Hebrew), हमास (hamās) (Hindi), Hamasz (Hungarian), Hamász (Hungarian), Hamas (Indonesian), ハマース (Hamāsu) (Japanese), Хамас (Xamas) (Kazakh), 하마스 (Hamaseu) (Korean), Хамас (Hamas) (Kyrgyz), ຮາມາສ (hā māt) (Lao), Hamas (Malay), Hemas (Northern Kurdish), حماس (hamās) [masculine] (Pashto), حَماس (hamâs) (Persian), Hamas [masculine] (Polish), Hamas [masculine] (Portuguese), Hamás [masculine] (Portuguese), Хама́с (Xamás) [masculine] (Russian), Hamás [masculine] (Spanish), Hamas [neuter] (Swedish), Ҳамос (Hamos) (Tajik), ฮามาส (haa-máat) (Thai), Hamas (Turkish), Хама́с (Xamás) [masculine] (Ukrainian), حَماس (hamās) (Urdu), Hamas (Uzbek), כאַמאַס (khamas) (Yiddish)

Alternative forms

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        "Rhymes:English/æs",
        "Rhymes:English/æs/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:English/ɑːs",
        "Rhymes:English/ɑːs/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
        "Terms with Lao translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Pashto translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tajik translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Terms with Uzbek translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
        "en:Islam",
        "en:Nationalism",
        "en:Organizations",
        "en:Palestinian politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 13, “'Never again,' says survivor”, in Toronto Star:",
          "text": "Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "[W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "militant",
          "militant"
        ],
        [
          "Palestinianist",
          "Palestinianist"
        ],
        [
          "Sunni",
          "Sunni"
        ],
        [
          "Muslim",
          "Muslim"
        ],
        [
          "independent",
          "independent"
        ],
        [
          "Palestinian",
          "Palestinian"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q38799"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q38799"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Hamas"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/həˈmɑs/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xəˈmɑs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/həˈmæs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "based on the Hebrew pronunciation",
      "word": "Khamas"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥamās",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَمَاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥarakat ḥamās",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَرَكَة حَمَاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Hamas",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Համաս"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Həmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Xamás",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Хама́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "hamaś",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "হামাস"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hāmǎsī",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "哈馬斯 /哈马斯"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "hamasi",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "ჰამასი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Chamás",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Χαμάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hamás",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חַמַאס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hamās",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "हमास"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hamasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hamász"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Hamāsu",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "ハマース"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Xamas",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Хамас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Hamaseu",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "하마스"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hemas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Hamas",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Хамас"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hā māt",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "ຮາມາສ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "hamās",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حماس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamâs",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "حَماس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hamás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Xamás",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Хама́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hamás"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Hamos",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Ҳамос"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "haa-máat",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "ฮามาส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Xamás",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Хама́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hamās",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "حَماس"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "Hamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "khamas",
      "sense": "Palestinian militant group",
      "word": "כאַמאַס"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hamas"
}

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