shabiha
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from North Levantine Arabic شَبِّيحَة (šabbīḥa, literally “ghosts”), from Arabic شَبَح (šabaḥ, “ghost”).
Noun
[edit]shabiha (plural shabihas or shabiha)
- A state-sponsored militia of the Syrian government.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from North Levantine Arabic
- English terms derived from North Levantine Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ش ب ح
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- en:Military