Etymology

SAVAK

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Today it means: The Iranian security and intelligence service from 1957 to 1979. Full definition →

Persian ساواک
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  1. Persian · borrowed fromساواک
  2. English todaySAVAK

Borrowed from Persian ساواک (sâvâk).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.