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Hashemite

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or being descendants of Hashim. not-comparable

    "In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan."

Noun
  1. 1
    One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
  2. 2
    An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

Named after the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, within which it occurs.

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