1) bastard, child of incest, illegitimate child

1a) bastard

1b) mixed population (fig.)

1c) born of a Jewish father and a heathen mother or visa versa

Root √מזר: מזר מָזַר Syriac Arabic be bad be foul, corrupt (? √ of foll. so Thes 781 cf. Ba NB §164c; otherwise Gei Urschrift 52: NHand Aram.(of eggs), Ar.).

מַמְזֵר n.m bastard child of incest bastard lit. perh. fig. coll. of mixed population . specif.