English Explanatory Dictionary

shabiha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state-sponsored militia of the Syrian government.

Word forms

shabiha shabihas

Etymology

Borrowed from North Levantine Arabic شَبِّيحَة (šabbīḥa, “gangsters”).

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