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Hashemite

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 SH AH0 M AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to or being descendants of Hashim.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

One who lays claim to being a direct descendant of Hashim, the great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

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”).

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

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَاشِمِيّ (hāšimiyy) — being or relating to descendants of Hashim
  • Finnish: hašemiittinen — being or relating to descendants of Hashim
  • Hungarian: hásimita — being or relating to descendants of Hashim
  • Hungarian: hasemita — being or relating to descendants of Hashim
  • Italian: hascemita — being or relating to descendants of Hashim
  • Portuguese: haxemita — being or relating to descendants of Hashim
  • Russian: хашими́тский (xašimítskij) — being or relating to descendants of Hashim
  • Arabic: هَاشِمِيّ (hāšimiyy) — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈希姆 — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈希姆家族 (Hāxīmǔ Jiāzú) — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Finnish: hašemiitti — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • German: Haschemit — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Hebrew: הַאשִׁמִי (hashimí) — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Hungarian: hásimita — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Hungarian: hasemita — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Italian: hascemita — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Latvian: hašimīts — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Portuguese: haxemitas — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Portuguese: haxemita — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Russian: хашими́т (xašimít) — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim
  • Russian: хашими́тка (xašimítka) — one claiming to be a direct descendant of Hashim