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minhibbakji

minhibbakji noun: in the Arab World, a loyalist.

Noun

minhibbakji (plural minhibbakjis)

  1. In the Arab World, a loyalist
    • … minhibbakji[s]”—the name derived from a 2007 presidential “election” slogan designating good citizens' devotion to their leader. On the other hand, the complexities are apparent in the constant poking fun at the president on user …2015, Lisa Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination
    • … minhibbakji in reference to the Assad regime sympathizers. The origin of the new word was minhibbak (We love you), a slogan chanted during a campaign organized by the Syrian government. The demonstrators used this slogan and added …2016, Mohammed D. Cherkaoui, What Is Enlightenment?

Examples of minhibbakji in a sentence

  • … minhibbakji, derisively indicating supporters of Bashar Assad, refers back to the image meme of the Syrian president, the word minhibbak lettered underneath.2020, Larbi Sadiki, Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics:
  • Like the word shabbīḥa, minhibbakji was thus subverted in the Syrian public space, with posters springing up using the term positively2023, Eylaf Bader Eddin, Translating the Language of the Syrian Revolution (2011/12):

Forms of minhibbakji

pluralminhibbakjis

Origin of minhibbakji

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْحِبَّكْجِيّ (minḥibbakjiyy), from North Levantine Arabic مِنْحِبَّك (minḥibbak, “we love you”) + ـجِيّ (-jiyy). It was coined by protesters to Bashar al-Assad.

Questions about minhibbakji

What does minhibbakji mean?
Minhibbakji means in the Arab World, a loyalist.
How do you use minhibbakji in a sentence?
… minhibbakji, derisively indicating supporters of Bashar Assad, refers back to the image meme of the Syrian president, the word minhibbak lettered underneath.
What part of speech is minhibbakji?
Minhibbakji is a noun.
What is the plural of minhibbakji?
The plural of minhibbakji is minhibbakjis.

Words near minhibbakji in the dictionary

  1. Minhas
  2. Minhases
  3. Minhe
  4. minheap
  5. minheaps
  6. minhibbakji
  7. minhibbakjis
  8. Minho
  9. Minhou
  10. Minhow
  11. mini

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