noun
fellah
Fellah (noun) means a farmer or farm worker from the Middle East or North Africa.
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A farmer or farm worker from the Middle East or North Africa.
"It differed from the Ulema both in a more modernistic interpretation of Islamic dogma and in its social demands, which included the redistribution of land among the fellahs."
— Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace (1977)
"All of them were crudely caricatured scenes of life among Moslems: a schoolmaster, ruler in hand, presiding over a class of small boys, a fellah ploughing, a drunk being ordered out of a bar."
— Paul Bowles, The Spider's House (1955)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), which came from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). The word has been attested since 1743.
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What is the meaning of fellah?
"fellah" (noun) means a farmer or farm worker from the Middle East or North Africa.
