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hashshashin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hashshashin
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A religious group who used hashish to create mystic visions; they later became associated with the assassination of invading Christian leaders during the Crusades; their descendants are the Khojas.

Etymology

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish smokers”), from حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hashish”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: حَشَّاشِين, ح ش ش

Inflected Forms

Hashashin (alternative)

Derived Forms

assassin

Questions

What does hashshashin mean?
A religious group who used hashish to create mystic visions; they later became associated with the assassination of invading Christian leaders during the Crusades; their descendants are the Khojas.
Where does hashshashin come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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