shabiha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from North Levantine Arabic شَبِّيحَة (šabbīḥa, literally “ghosts”), from Arabic شَبَح (šabaḥ, “ghost”).

Noun

shabiha (plural shabihas or shabiha)

  1. A state-sponsored militia of the Syrian government.

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