Palestinian

English

Alternative forms

• Palæstinian (archaic)

Etymology

Palestine +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪniən

Adjective

Palestinian (comparative more Palestinian, superlative most Palestinian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

Usage notes

Prior to 1948, "Palestinian" was used in reference to the whole area known at that time as Palestine before the establishment of the State of Israel. For example, today’s English‐language Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post was called The Palestine Post under the British Mandate of Palestine; also the Palestinian Orchestra was a Jewish orchestra.

Synonyms

• Filastini

Related terms

• Philistine (which see for more)

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ (filasṭiyy)
• Bulgarian: палестински (palestinski)
• Catalan: palestí (ca), palestinenc (ca)
• Czech: palestinský (cs)
• Danish: palæstinensisk, palæstinsk
• Dutch: Palestijns (nl)
• Estonian: palestiin
• Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi)
• French: palestinien (fr), palestinienne (fr) f
• German: palästinensisch (de)
• Greek: παλαιστινιακός (el) m (palaistiniakós)
• Hebrew: פַּלֶשְׂתִינַאִי
• Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी (falastīnī)
• Hungarian: palesztin (hu)
• Ido: Palestinana
• Italian: palestinese (it)
• Latvian: palestīniešu, palestīnišks
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• Lithuanian: palestiniškas
• Macedonian: палести́нски m (palestínski)
• Malay: Palestin
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palestinsk

  Nynorsk: palestinsk

• Polish: palestyński (pl)
• Portuguese: palestino (pt) m, palestina (pt) f
• Romanian: palestinian (ro)
• Russian: палести́нский (ru) (palestínskij)
• Slovak: palestínsky (sk)
• Slovene: palestinski (sl)
• Spanish: palestino (es), palestina (es)
• Swedish: palestinsk (sv)
• Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער (palestiner)

of, from, or pertaining to Palestine

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ (filasṭiyy)
• Esperanto: palestina
• Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi)
• Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी (falastīnī)
• Ido: Palestinana
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• Romanian: palestinian (ro)
• Volapük: Palästinänik (vo)
• Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער (palestiner)

of, from, or pertaining to a Palestinian or Palestinians

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ (filasṭiyy)
• Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi)
• Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी (falastīnī)
• Ido: Palestinana
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• Romanian: palestinian (ro)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Palästinänanik, (♂) hi-Palästinänanik, (♀) ji-Palästinänanik, (collective ♂♀) Palästinänanefik, (collective ♂) hi-Palästinänanefik, (collective ♀) ji-Palästinänanefik

Noun

Palestinian (plural Palestinians)

1. An inhabitant of Palestine or an Arab descending from that area.
2. An inhabitant of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, legally governed by the Palestinian National Authority.

Synonyms

• Pal, Pally (informal)
• Filastini (chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs)
• Falestinian, Filastinian (rare, chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs)
• Fakestinian, Palestinkian (derogatory and hence offensive)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Palestinian Arabic
• Palestinophile
• Palestinophilia

• Palestinophilic
• pan-Palestinian

Translations

inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ m (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِينِيَّة f (filasṭīniyya)
• Bulgarian: палестинец m (palestinec), палестинка f (palestinka)
• Catalan: palestí (ca) m, palestinenc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦人 (zh) (Bālèsītǎn-rén)

• Czech: Palestinec m, Palestinka f
• Danish: palæstinenser c
• Dutch: Palestijns (nl) m, Palestijnse (nl)
• Esperanto: palestinano (man or woman), palestinanino (woman)
• Estonian: palestiinlane
• Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi)
• French: Palestinien (fr) m, Palestinienne (fr) f
• German: Palästinenser (de) m, Palästinenserin f
• Greek: Παλαιστίνιος (el) m (Palaistínios), Παλαιστίνια f (Palaistínia)
• Hebrew: פלסטיני
• Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी m (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी m (falastīnī)
• Hungarian: palesztin (hu)
• Ido: Palestinano (io)
• Italian: palestinese (it) m or f
• Japanese: パレスチナ人 (Paresuchina-jin)
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• Latvian: palestīnietis m, palestīniete f
• Lithuanian: palestinietis m
• Macedonian: Палести́нец m (Palestínec), Палести́нка f (Palestínka)
• Malay: orang Palestin
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palestiner m

  Nynorsk: palestinar m

• Polish: Palestyńczyk (pl) m, Palestynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: palestino (pt) m, palestina (pt) f
• Romanian: palestinian (ro) m, palestiniană (ro) f
• Russian: палести́нец (ru) m (palestínec), палести́нка (ru) (palestínka)
• Slovak: Palestínec m, Palestínka f
• Slovene: Palestinec (sl) m, Palestinka f
• Spanish: palestino (es) m, palestina (es) f
• Swedish: palestinier (sv) m, palestinska (sv) f
• Turkish: Filistinli (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Palästinänan, (♂) hi-Palästinänan, (♀) ji-Palästinänan, (collective ♂♀) Palästinänanef, (collective ♂) hi-Palästinänanef, (collective ♀) ji-Palästinänanef
• Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער m (palestiner)