fellah

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
    — The Egyptian fellaheen, in many of their ways and customs, reproduce almost exactly their ancient prototypes. They use the same ploughs and the same shadoofs for raising water.
  2. Alternative spelling of fella. alt-of,alternative

词形变化

fellahs plural fellahin plural fellaheen plural fellahs plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). Attested since 1743.
词源 2
Representing an eye dialect pronunciation of fellow.
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