mellah

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ملاح (mallāḥ, saline area).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mellah m (plural mellahs)

  1. Moroccan ghetto (area inhabited by Jews)

Further reading[edit]

Turkish[edit]

mellahlar

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish ملاح (mellah), from Arabic مَلَّاح (mallāḥ).

Noun[edit]

mellah (definite accusative mellahı, plural mellahlar)

  1. sailor

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative mellah
Definite accusative mellahı
Singular Plural
Nominative mellah mellahlar
Definite accusative mellahı mellahları
Dative mellaha mellahlara
Locative mellahta mellahlarda
Ablative mellahtan mellahlardan
Genitive mellahın mellahların