מסתערב
Hebrew
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- מוסתערב / מֻסְתַּעֲרֵב (musta'arév)
Etymology
[edit]Either directly borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَعْرِب (mustaʕrib), or from הִסְתַּעֲרֵב (hista'arév), from Arabic اِسْتَعْرَبَ (istaʕraba).
Noun
[edit]מִסְתַּעֲרֵב • (mista'arév) m (plural indefinite מִסְתַּעַרְבִים)
- (historical) a Jew who assimilated to Arab culture
- (military) an Israeli soldier or intelligence agent disguised as an Arab, trained to blend in culturally and linguistically