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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