mellah

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.la/ ~ /me.la/

Noun

mellah m (plural mellahs)

1. Moroccan ghetto (area inhabited by Jews)

Further reading

• “mellah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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