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noun
A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative spelling of fella.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: peasant
History
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). Attested since 1743.
Representing an eye dialect pronunciation of fellow.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
