Fellah

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from Arabic fallāḥ ‘tiller of the soil’, from falaḥa ‘till the soil’.

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

Representing an eye dialect pronunciation of fellow.

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fellah (n.)

"Egyptian peasant," 1743, from Arabic fallah "plowman," from falaha "to plow, till (the soil)."