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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

fel•lah n., pl. fel•lahs, Arab. fel•la•hin, fel•la•heen

a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.

Arabic fallāḥ peasant
1735–45

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fellah / ˈfɛlə/ (fellahs, fellahin, fellaheen / ˌfɛləˈhiːn/)

a peasant in Arab countries

Etymology: 18th Century: from Arabic, dialect variant of fallāh, from falaha to cultivate

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