Fellah Definition

fĕlə, fə-lä
fellaheen, fellahin, fellahs
noun
A peasant or farm laborer in an Arab country.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of fella.

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Other Word Forms of Fellah

Noun

Singular:
fellah
Plural:
fellahin, fellahs

Origin of Fellah

  • Arabic fallāḥ from falaḥa to cultivate, till plx̣ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Representing a colloquial pronunciation of fellow.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Arabic فَلَّاح ‘tiller of the soil’.

    From Wiktionary

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