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