Hashemite

hashemite English Etymology From en ar هَاشِمِيّ Hashemite with English suffix en -ite, from ar هَاشِم Hashim. The name signifies "breaker of bread", from ar هَشَمَ to destroy, smash. en ar ه ش م Noun One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Translations one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim Arabic: ar هَاشِمِيّ m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哈希姆, cmn 哈希姆家族 Hāxīmǔ Jiāzú Finnish: fi hašemiitti German: de Haschemit m Hebrew: he הַאשִׁמִי hashimí Hungarian: hu hásimita, hu hasemita Italian: it hascemita Latvian: lv hašimīts m Portuguese: pt haxemitas m-p f-p, pt haxemita m f Russian: ru хашими́т m, ru хашими́тка f Adjective - Relating to or being descendants of Hashim. en 1956 March R. C. Blaker The Hedjaz Railway Railway Magazine 167 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. Derived terms en Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Translations being or relating to descendants of Hashim Arabic: ar هَاشِمِيّ m Finnish: fi hašemiittinen Hungarian: hu hásimita, hu hasemita Italian: it hascemita Portuguese: pt haxemita m f Russian: ru хашими́тский en 3-syllable words eponyms terms suffixed with -ite en Islam Jordan