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Where does “шмон” come from?

шмон (Russian) comes from Hebrew שְׁמוֹנָה — eight.

шмон (Russian): frisk, shakedown, raid, body search, search ;...

Definitions

  1. frisk, shakedown, raid, body search, search ;...

Ancestry of “шмон”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשְׁמוֹנָהeight
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