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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ファッラーヒーン

Pronunciation / Transliteration: farrāhīn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fellahin/ˌfɛləˈhiːn/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"ファッラーヒーンはアラブ世界の農民や農夫を指す言葉です。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Peasants, agricultural workers, or native farmers in Arab countries, particularly Egypt and the Levant.

    "Traditional irrigation methods have been practiced by the fellahin along the Nile River for millennia."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Arabic plural noun 'falāḥīn' (فلاحين), meaning tillers, farmers, or peasants, from the root 'fallāḥ' (plower or cultivator). The term entered English in the 19th century through travel literature and anthropological texts describing the agrarian populations of Egypt and the broader Middle East.

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