Hashshashin

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

Secta dels assassins

Sinònims

assassin

Traduccions

Haşhaşiler

Ordem dos Assassinos

Nizaríes

الحشاشون

Assassinen

Nizârites

Nizariti

Xaşxaşiyan

Assassijnen

Assassine

nizarí

ασσασίνος

Etimologia (Anglès)

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