Hamas

• Khamas (based on the Hebrew pronunciation)
• HAMAS

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”). A few speakers pronounce it with /x/ to imitate Hebrew חַמַאס instead.

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /həˈmɑs/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈmæs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːs, -æs

Hamas

2. A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.
   • 2009 January 13, “'Never again,' says survivor”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.

   • 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     [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.

• Maahs, Masha, amahs, asham, hamsa, hasma, masha, shama

• IPA^(key): /haˈmas/, /haˈmaːs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhamas/ (rare)

• Audio (Germany):

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• Audio (Germany):

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• Hyphenation: Ha‧mas
• Rhymes: -as, -aːs, -amas

die Hamas f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Hamas)

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

• “Hamas” in Duden online
• “Hamas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.mas/
• Rhymes: -amas
• Syllabification: Ha‧mas

Hamas m inan

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

   Synonym: Muzułmański Ruch Oporu

• Hamas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Hamas in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

• IPA^(key): /xǎmas/, /xamâs/
• Hyphenation: Ha‧mas

Hàmas or Hamȁs m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ха̀мас or Хама̏с)

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

• “Hamas”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Hamas n (genitive Hamas)

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

Hamas

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