Kharbouch

K5H4A1R1B3O1U1C3H4

proper noun

A male given name from Arabic.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname from Arabic.

    The past few days have been an "unimaginable nightmare" for Mustapha Kharbouch, the Palestinian Brown University student who online commentators falsely blamed for the shooting.

    2025 December 19, Antonia Noori Farzan, “'Unimaginable nightmare': Brown student responds to doxxing attacks”, in Providence Journal

Origin

  1. Arabicخَرْبُوش
  2. EnglishKharbouch

Borrowed from Arabic خَرْبُوش (ḵarbūš).

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APA

Kharbouch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kharbouch

MLA

“Kharbouch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kharbouch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kharbouch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kharbouch.

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