English
Pronunciation
IPA|/�f�l�/

Etymology 1
From Arab. ARchar|��اح|�����اح �tiller of the soil�.

Noun
en-noun|fellahin|pl2=fellaheen

1. A peasant in an Arabic country.

#*1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
#*:It has the prophetic vision. Fuit Ilium! The sack of windy Troy. Kingdoms of this world. The masters of the Mediterranean are fellaheen today.
#*1955, Paul Bowles, The Spider's House:
#*:All of them were crudely caricatured scenes of life among Moslems: a schoolmaster, ruler in hand, presiding over a class of small boys, a fellah ploughing, a drunk being ordered out of a bar.

Etymology 2
Representing a colloquial pronunciation of fellow.

Noun
en-noun

1. alternative spelling of|fella

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