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mukhabarat

UK/mʊˈkabəɹat/

mukhabarat is the alternative form of Mukhabarat.

Noun capitalized: Mukhabarat

Mukhabarat (countable and uncountable, plural Mukhabarats)

  1. The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
    • He was sallow, morose-looking, and wearing dark glasses indoors: a thoroughly bad sign. A secret-police or Mukhabarat type, bored and resentful and hard to shake.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 283
  2. A member of such an organization.

Forms of mukhabarat

pluralmukhabarats
pluralMukhabarats

Origin of mukhabarat

From Arabic مُخَابَرَات (muḵābarāt), plural of مُخَابَر (muḵābar, “intelligence”).

Questions about mukhabarat

What does mukhabarat mean?
Mukhabarat means the secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
What is mukhabarat the alternative form of?
Mukhabarat is the alternative form of Mukhabarat.
What part of speech is mukhabarat?
Mukhabarat is a noun.
How do you pronounce mukhabarat?
Mukhabarat is pronounced /mʊˈkabəɹat/ (UK).
What is the plural of mukhabarat?
The plural of mukhabarat is mukhabarats.

Words near mukhabarat in the dictionary

  1. Mukdisha
  2. muke
  3. Muker
  4. mukes
  5. Mukha
  6. mukhabarat
  7. mukhabarats
  8. mukhannath
  9. mukhannaths
  10. mukhannathun
  11. Mukherjee

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