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fel⋅lah

  [fel-uh]
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–noun, plural fel⋅lahs, Arabic. fel⋅la⋅hin, fel⋅la⋅heen  [fel-uh-heen] .
a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.
Origin:
1735–45; < Ar fallāḥ peasant
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fel·lah   (fěl'ə, fə-lä')   
n.   pl. fel·la·hin or fel·la·heen (fěl'ə-hēn', fə-lä-hēn')
A peasant or agricultural laborer in an Arab country, such as Syria or Egypt.

[Arabic fallāḥ, from falaḥa, to cultivate, till; see plḥ in Semitic roots.]
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fellah 
"Egyptian peasant," 1743, from Ar. fallah "plowman."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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