fellah
fel·lah
noun
1.
an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
Origin
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”). Attested since 1743.
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