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fellah¹

  • /ˈfɛlə/

Rhymes with -ɛlə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). Attested since 1743.

noun fellahs · fellahin · fellaheen

  1. A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. The Egyptian fellaheen, in many of their ways and customs, reproduce almost exactly their ancient prototypes. They use the same ploughs and the same shadoofs for raising water.

fellah²

  • /ˈfɛlə/

Rhymes with -ɛlə

Where it comes from

Representing an eye dialect pronunciation of fellow.

noun fellahs

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of fella

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noun peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer

中文費拉 /费拉 fèilā
Françaisfellah
DeutschFellache, Fellachin
Italianofellah
Русскийфеллах fellax

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"fellah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fellah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{fellah_2026,
  title = {fellah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fellah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}