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qassam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables
qas-sam
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Qassam rocket, a type of homemade rocket used by Hamas militants in Gaza.

noun

Any rocket fired from Gaza.

Informal

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic قَسَّام (qassām); named after Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Qassams (plural) Kassam (alternative)

Questions

What does qassam mean?
The Qassam rocket, a type of homemade rocket used by Hamas militants in Gaza.
Where does qassam come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic قَسَّام (qassām); named after Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

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