מסתערב

Hebrew

Alternative forms

  • מוסתערב / מֻסְתַּעֲרֵב (musta'arév)

Etymology

Either directly borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَعْرِب (mustaʕrib), or from הִסְתַּעֲרֵב (hista'arév), from Arabic اِسْتَعْرَبَ (istaʕraba).

Noun

מִסְתַּעֲרֵב • (mista'arév) m (plural indefinite מִסְתַּעַרְבִים)

  1. (historical) a Jew who assimilated to Arab culture
  2. (military) an Israeli soldier or intelligence agent disguised as an Arab, trained to blend in culturally and linguistically
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