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 militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return.
   • 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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• Hyphenation: Ha‧mas
• Rhymes: -as, -aːs, -amas

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

1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)

• “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 militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)

   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. (Palestinian militant group)

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

Hamas n (genitive Hamas)

1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)

Hamas

1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)