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Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Scripts هاشم(Arabic) ہاشم(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈhaː.ʃim/(Arabic)

Meaning & History

Means "crusher, breaker" in Arabic, derived from the root هشم (hashama) meaning "to crush, to destroy". This was the nickname of a great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad. He acquired this nickname because of his practice of crumbling bread and giving it to pilgrims.