mellah

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mellah m (plural mellahs)

  1. Moroccan ghetto (area inhabited by Jews)

Further reading

Turkish

mellahlar

Etymology

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

Noun

mellah (definite accusative mellahı, plural mellahlar)

  1. sailor

Declension

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