حماس

• IPA^(key): /ħa.maːs/

Unlikely related to Hebrew חמס, as Akkadian cognates suggest Proto-Semitic initial *ḫ-, whence Hebrew ḫ- > ḥ- and Arabic ḫ-, not ḥ-.

حَمَاس • (ḥamās) m

1. (uncountable) excitement; enthusiasm; zeal

   مَعَ ٱسْتِمْرَارِ الْاِجْتِمَاعِ، تَلَاشَى ٱهْتِمَامُهَا، وَجَلَسَتْ مُسْتَرْخِيَةً بِلَا حَمَاسٍ.

   maʕa stimrāri l-ijtimāʕi, talāšā htimāmuhā, wajalasat mustarḵiyatan bilā ḥamāsin.

   As the meeting dragged on, her interest faded and she sat slack without excitement.

Acronym of حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwamati l-ʔislāmiyyati, “Islamic Resistance Movement”).

حَمَاس • (ḥamās) f or m

1. Hamas (a Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization)

• → English: Hamas
• → Hebrew: חַמַאס
• → Persian: حماس
• South Levantine Arabic: حماس

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

حماس • (hamās / hamâs) (Tajik spelling Ҳамос)

1. Hamas (a Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization)

From Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

• IPA^(key): /ħa.maːs/, [ħaˈmæːs]

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حماس • (ḥamās) m

1. excitement, enthusiasm, zeal, fervour

حماس • (hamās) ? (Hindi spelling हमास)

1. Hamas (a Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization)