Hāshim
هاشم
Say it HAA-shim
One who crumbles bread
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- h-sh-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Hashim, Hashem, Hachem
Meaning & source
One who breaks or crumbles; Lisān says Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf was so called because he crumbled bread into broth for his people.
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الهَشْم: الكسْرُ، والبَيضةُ: الخَوْذةُ.
Who carried this name
- Hāshim ibn ʿUtbah, who fought at the Yarmūk and Qādisiyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8934 (vol. 6, p. 404)