fellah
fellah · fellahs · fellahin
феллах
Fellache, Fellachin
A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North AfricaA peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
/ˈfɛlə/
Meaning
1 sensesA peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
1929-1930, H P Lovecraft, Fungi from Yuggoth And at the last from inner Egypt came // The strange dark One to whom the fellahs bowed
Fellache, Fellachin
феллахfellax
an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer:
Origin
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peaBorrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). Attested since 1743.
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Forms
plural: fellahs / fellahin / fellaheenWord family
1 related wordsDerivedfellahdom
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular