Mizrachi

adjective

Miz·​ra·​chi

variants or less commonly Mizrahi

mizˈräḵē

: of or relating to a movement in Zionism supported by strictly orthodox Jews

Word History

Etymology

Mizrachi, movement in Zionism founded in 1902, from Hebrew Mizrāḥī, literally, of the east, from mizrāḥ east

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