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Hebrew
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)
- (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