Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mukhabarat

/mʊˈkabəɹat/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: mukhabarat
IPA: /mʊˈkabəɹat/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A member of such an organization.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Mukhabarat.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Leading Jordanian exponents of the Salafi-jihadi world view, such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, are now behind bars or silent, fearing arrest by the powerful mukhabarat secret police."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: مُخَابَرَات, خ ب ر

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /mʊˈkabəɹat/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mukhabarats (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mukhabarat?: The recorded pronunciation is /mʊˈkabəɹat/.
What does mukhabarat mean?: The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
Where does mukhabarat come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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