Hamas

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Etymology

From Arabic حماس (ḥamās), an acronym (meaning literally ‘enthusiasm’) for حركة المقاومة الاسلامية (ḥarakat al-muqāwama al-islāmīya) ‘Islamic Resistance Movement’.

Proper noun

Hamas

1. An Islamic militant movement that presses for an independent Palestinian state and abnegates the recognition of [[Israel]: often labeled a terrorist organization.

Translations

Islamic militant organization

• Arabic: حماس (ar) (ḥamās) m, حركة حماس (ar) (ḥarakat ḥamās) f
• Armenian: Համաս (hy) (Hamas)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈馬斯 (cmn), 哈马斯 (cmn) (Hāmǎsī)

• French: Hamas (fr) m
• German: Hamas (de) f
• Hebrew: חמאס (he) (hamas) m

• Hindi: हमास (hi) (hamās)
• Japanese: ハマース (ja) (Hamāsu)
• Korean: 하마스 (ko) (Hamaseu)
• Persian: حماس (fa) (hamâs)
• Russian: Хамас (ru) (Xamás) m
• Spanish: Hamás (es) m

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