Difference between revisions of "Fellah"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121300" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73329" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73329" /> == | ||
<p> The name applied contemptuously by the Turks to the agricultural labourer of Egypt; the | <p> The name applied contemptuously by the Turks to the agricultural labourer of Egypt; the Fellahin ( <i> pl </i> . of Fellah) comprise about three-fourths of the population; they are of good physique, and capable of much toil, but are, despite their intelligence and sobriety, lazy and immoral; girls marry at the age of 12, and the children grow up amidst the squalor of their mud-built villages; their food is of the poorest, and scarcely ever includes meat; tobacco is their only luxury; their condition has improved under British rule. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_121300"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/fellah Fellah from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_73329"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fellah Fellah from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73329"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fellah Fellah from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name applied contemptuously by the Turks to the agricultural labourer of Egypt; the Fellahin ( pl . of Fellah) comprise about three-fourths of the population; they are of good physique, and capable of much toil, but are, despite their intelligence and sobriety, lazy and immoral; girls marry at the age of 12, and the children grow up amidst the squalor of their mud-built villages; their food is of the poorest, and scarcely ever includes meat; tobacco is their only luxury; their condition has improved under British rule.
