The story
- Malay · derived frommatahari“sun”
- English todayMata Hari
From Dutch (stage name of Margaretha Geertruida (Grietje) Zelle, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for alleged espionage during World War I), from Malay matahari (“sun”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.