Hamas

hamas Hamás English Alternative forms en Khamas based on the Hebrew pronunciation en HAMAS Etymology en ar ح م س en ar حَمَاس enthusiasm, an acronym for ar حَرَكَة الْمُقَاوَمَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya Islamic Resistance Movement. Pronunciation en /həˈmɑs/ US,Canada en /həˈmæs/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hamas.wav Southern England en ɑːs æs 2 A few speakers replace /h/ with /x/ in this name to imitate the organization's Hebrew name he חַמַאס. Proper noun en Q38799 A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization. en 13-01-2009 'Never again,' says survivor w:Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/569725 Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations. en Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/opinion/deborah-e-lipstadt-on-the-rising-anti-semitism-in-europe.html w:The New York Times 20 August 2014 [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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251003053533/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/opinion/deborah-e-lipstadt-on-the-rising-anti-semitism-in-europe.html 3 October 2025 Derived terms en Hamasite Hamasnik Hamastan Translations Palestinian militant group Arabic: ar حَمَاس m f, ar حَرَكَة حَمَاس f ḥarakat ḥamās Armenian: hy Համաս Azerbaijani: az Həmas Belarusian: be Хама́с m Bengali: bn হামাস Catalan: ca Hamàs m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哈馬斯 Hāmǎsī Finnish: fi Hamas French: fr Hamas m Georgian: ka ჰამასი German: de Hamas f Greek: el Χαμάς f Hebrew: he חַמַאס f hamás Hindi: hi हमास Hungarian: hu Hamasz, hu Hamász Indonesian: id Hamas Japanese: ja ハマース Hamāsu Kazakh: kk Хамас Korean: ko ^하마스 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Hemas Kyrgyz: ky Хамас Lao: lo ຮາມາສ Malay: ms Hamas Pashto: ps حماس m hamās Persian: fa حَماس hamâs Polish: pl Hamas m Portuguese: pt Hamas m, pt Hamás m Russian: ru Хама́с m Spanish: es Hamás m Swedish: sv Hamas n Tajik: tg Ҳамос Thai: th ฮามาส Turkish: tr Hamas Ukrainian: uk Хама́с m Urdu: ur حَماس Uzbek: uz Hamas Yiddish: yi כאַמאַס Anagrams en aahms Maahs Masha amahs asham hamsa hasma masha shama en 2-syllable words terms with /x/ en Palestinian politics Organizations Islam Nationalism German de: Pronunciation de /haˈmas/ /haˈmaːs/ de /ˈhamas/<qq:rare> de De-Hamas.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Hamas2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Ha mas de as aːs amas 2 Proper noun f.sg.article de Hamas Q38799 Declension f.sg.article Derived terms de Hamasführer Hamaskämpfer Further reading de Organizations Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor ar:حَمَاس + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun m-in pl Hamas Q38799 pl Muzułmański Ruch Oporu Declension s Further reading pl Organizations Palestine Serbo-Croatian Etymology sh ar حَمَاس. Pronunciation Hàmas Hamȁs sh Ha mas Proper noun Hàmas,Hamȁs m-in sh Hamas Q38799 Declension Declension of Hàmas Hàmas Hàmasa Hàmasu Hàmas Hàmas Hàmasu Hàmasom Declension of Hamȁs Hamȁs Hamȁsa Hamȁsu Hamȁs Hamȁs Hamȁsu Hamȁsom References fV5jXRQ%3D sh Organizations Palestine Swedish sv: Proper noun n sv Hamas Q38799 Turkish tr: Proper noun tr Hamas Q38799 Declension