Falasha
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Falasha. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Falasha, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Falasha in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Falasha you have here. The definition of the word Falasha will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofFalasha, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From an Ethiopic-language term, possibly Ge'ez ፈላሻ (fälaša), meaning wanderer, migrant, nomad.
Proper noun
Falasha
- (derogatory) Ethiopian Jew; Beta Israel
- 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:
- The master bedroom is a jewelry workshop where we find Rikki, an Ethiopian Jewish refugee, a Falasha, in a leopard-print leotard and safety goggles, armed with a soldering gun, bent over a trestle table making exquisite pendants and earrings of silver and nickel and amber.