hamsa
Pronunciation: /ˈhæm.sə/
The English word “hamsa” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The Hand of Fatima.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew חַמְסָה (khámsa), from Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, “five”), used among Jews of Arabic origin for the fingers on the hand.
Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “hamsa” there
More English words
About this dictionary
The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.
Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.