فلاح

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فلاح

/fal.laːħ/

Where it comes from

From the root ف ل ح (f l ḥ). The sense of "farmer" is assumed to be borrowed from Aramaic פלחא / ܦܠܚܐ (pallāḥā, “worker; peasant”), owing to the dominant economy of Arabic speakers being nomadic when in contrast Aramaic speakers practised agriculture. This assumed, فَلَحَ (falaḥa, “to furrow, to plow; to slit, to cleave”) would be denominal.

noun فَلَّاح · fallāḥ · فَلَّاحُون · فَلَّاحَة · الْفَلَّاح

countable a farmer, a peasant هٰؤُلَاءِ الْفَلَّاحُونَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.
Similar: مُزَارِع, زَرَّاع, حَرَّاث, أَكَّار, كَافِر

noun فَلَاح · falāḥ · الْفَلَاح · فَلَاحٌ

uncountable success
Opposite: خَيْبَة

In English

farmer person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock
peasant member of the agriculture low class
Farmer Equivalent surnames of "farmer" in other languages

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"فلاح." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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فلاح. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD

Chicago

"فلاح." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فلاح},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}