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Hebrew
Etymology
Internationalism, ultimately from French bureaucratie, likely transited through German Bürokratie.
Compare also Yiddish ביוראָקראַטיע (byurokratye), Russian бюрократия (bjurokratija), Hungarian bürokrácia.
Noun
בִּירוֹקְרַטְיָה • (berokrátya) f
- (uncountable) Bureaucracy.