Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun, plural fel·lahs, Arabic fel·la·hin, fel·la·heen [fel-uh-heen] /ˌfɛl əˈhin/.
- a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.
noun plural fellahs, fellahin or fellaheen (ˌfɛləˈhiːn)
- a peasant in Arab countries
1743, plural of Arabic fallah (see fellah).
“Egyptian peasant,” 1743, from Arabic fallah “plowman,” from falaha “to till the soil.”