fellaghan.

Brit.

/fɛˈlɑːɡə/, U.S.

/fɛˈlɑɡə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, fellaghas.

Forms: 1900s– fallagha, 1900s– felaga, 1900s– felagha, 1900s– fellaga, 1900s– fellagha.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: French fellagha; Arabic fĕllāga, fĕllāg, fallāq.

Etymology: < (i) French (now hist.) fellagha guerrilla fighter opposed to French rule in Algeria and Tunisia (1920 or earlier; also as plural), also fellaga (1921 or earlier; also as plural), fallaga (1926 or earlier), or its etymon (ii) Maghribi Arabic fĕllāga, collective plural of fĕllāg highway bandit, (in extended use) anti-French guerrilla, variant of literary Arabic fallāq person who breaks heads (compare Moroccan Arabic fĕllāq woodcutter).

Now historical.

A guerrilla fighter opposed to French rule in Algeria and Tunisia.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > guerrilla > [noun] > specific

jay-hawker1860

bushwhacker1862

comitadji1903

chetnik1909

partisan1917

shifta1920

fellagha1922

maquisard1944

mujahidin1947

Tupamaro1969

terr1976

1922 Catholic World June 342 A band of some twenty or more Fellagas, conceiving the idea of taking ‘the great white Marabout’ as hostage.

1954 Time 5 July 24 The fellagha, rising up in Tunisia's rich but savage hinterland, so far number about 400 fighters.

1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 202 The French and Tunisian Governments appealed to the fellaghas, promising an amnesty.

1955 Times 19 May 14/4 The fellagha activities last autumn [in Tunisia].

1958 Listener 18 Sept. 433/2 When the fellagha say independence, they mean the end of bad times [in Algeria].

1963 X. Fielding tr. J. Lartéguy Praetorians xii. 327 Unfortunately, the victim was not a fellagha but one of our auxiliaries who had been allowed to keep his shot-gun.

1997 R.-M. Rejouis & V. Vinokurov tr. P. Chamoiseau Texaco (1998) 306 They surrounded the slope as if they were dealing with Algiers' fellaghas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fellagha
释义	fellaghan. Brit. /fɛˈlɑːɡə/, U.S. /fɛˈlɑɡə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, fellaghas. Forms: 1900s– fallagha, 1900s– felaga, 1900s– felagha, 1900s– fellaga, 1900s– fellagha. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: French fellagha; Arabic fĕllāga, fĕllāg, fallāq. Etymology: < (i) French (now hist.) fellagha guerrilla fighter opposed to French rule in Algeria and Tunisia (1920 or earlier; also as plural), also fellaga (1921 or earlier; also as plural), fallaga (1926 or earlier), or its etymon (ii) Maghribi Arabic fĕllāga, collective plural of fĕllāg highway bandit, (in extended use) anti-French guerrilla, variant of literary Arabic fallāq person who breaks heads (compare Moroccan Arabic fĕllāq woodcutter). Now historical. A guerrilla fighter opposed to French rule in Algeria and Tunisia. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > guerrilla > [noun] > specific jay-hawker1860 bushwhacker1862 comitadji1903 chetnik1909 partisan1917 shifta1920 fellagha1922 maquisard1944 mujahidin1947 Tupamaro1969 terr1976 1922 Catholic World June 342 A band of some twenty or more Fellagas, conceiving the idea of taking ‘the great white Marabout’ as hostage. 1954 Time 5 July 24 The fellagha, rising up in Tunisia's rich but savage hinterland, so far number about 400 fighters. 1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 202 The French and Tunisian Governments appealed to the fellaghas, promising an amnesty. 1955 Times 19 May 14/4 The fellagha activities last autumn [in Tunisia]. 1958 Listener 18 Sept. 433/2 When the fellagha say independence, they mean the end of bad times [in Algeria]. 1963 X. Fielding tr. J. Lartéguy Praetorians xii. 327 Unfortunately, the victim was not a fellagha but one of our auxiliaries who had been allowed to keep his shot-gun. 1997 R.-M. Rejouis & V. Vinokurov tr. P. Chamoiseau Texaco (1998) 306 They surrounded the slope as if they were dealing with Algiers' fellaghas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922
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