An alternative plural spelling of fellah; peasants or rural laborers in Arab countries, especially Egypt.
Variant plural form of Arabic 'fellah.' Different English texts use various transliterations of the Arabic plural, including 'felaheen' and 'felahin.'
The existence of multiple English spellings for 'felahin/felaheen' shows how English borrowed words struggle with Arabic's different plural systems—English had to pick one way, but Arabic has complex gender and number rules!
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