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fellah
[ fel-uh ]
noun
, plural fel·lahs, Arabic fel·la·hin, fel·la·heen [fel-, uh, -, heen].
- a peasant or laborer in Arabic-speaking countries, especially Egypt.
fellah
/ ˈfɛlə /
noun
- a peasant in Arab countries
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fellah1
First recorded in 1735–45; from Arabic fallāḥ, fellāḥ “peasant”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fellah1
C18: from Arabic, dialect variant of fallāh , from falaha to cultivate
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Example Sentences
I have described one of the poorest of the "fellah" villages, but the traveller is often more luxuriously housed.
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Say, young fellah, don't tell me you've been writin' up your impressions in that paper on your knee.
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Now she heard again the far-away voice of the fellah by the shadûf, warning her surely to go.
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But when the fellah cried out once more in the distance, it seemed to her that she heard a savage triumph in his voice.
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But even then the inexorable hands had closed upon her, and the final cry of the fellah had thrilled with a savage triumph.
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