mellahn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛlə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛlə/

Forms: 1800s mälha, 1800s millah, 1800s– mellah.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic mallāḥ.

Etymology: < Moroccan Arabic mallāḥ Jewish quarter, generic use of al-Mallāḥ, lit. ‘the saline area’ ( < malaḥa to be salty), the name of the site of Ḥims, a district into which the Jewish community of Fez were compelled to move in 1438. Compare French mellah (1860).

A Jewish quarter in a Moroccan town or city. Also (rarely in extended use) a similar quarter outside Morocco.Quot. 1925 probably illustrates an isolated use of the word referring to a Jewish quarter outside Morocco; different terms for ‘Jewish quarter’ are commonly used in other parts of the Muslim world.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > Jewish

Jewryc1325

Jew town1592

ghetto1611

Jewish quarter1658

mellah1809

Judaism1851

eruv1963

1809 J. G. Jackson Acct. Empire of Marocco vii. 128 The Millah, or that part of the city inhabited by the Jews, is walled round, and is extensive, and in good repair.

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXII. 294/1 The Millah, or Jewish Quarter [of Marrakesh], is about a mile and a half in circuit in the South-East angle of the city.

1874 tr. G. Rohlfs Adventures Morocco vi. 105 There is a Jew's quarter (Mälha) [Mälha also in German text] or Ghetto, for there is no town in Morocco, and scarcely an oasis in the desert where Jews are not to be found.

1891 H. Caine Scapegoat (ed. 2) v. 118 Within the gate of the Mellah, a shochet was killing fowls and taking his tribute of copper coins.

1925 P. Guedalla Napoleon & Palestine v. 41 Old men in Turkish mellahs muttered the undying Esperança de Israel.

1972 Country Life 17 Feb. 414/3 The different quarters of the town: the kasba or quarter of government officials and Europeans; the Medina or Moorish quarter and the Mellah or Jewish town.

1992 E. Freud Hideous Kinky (1993) vi. 42 Stay until tomorrow and we will all go back to the Mellah.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mellah
释义	mellahn. Brit. /ˈmɛlə/, U.S. /ˈmɛlə/ Forms: 1800s mälha, 1800s millah, 1800s– mellah. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic mallāḥ. Etymology: < Moroccan Arabic mallāḥ Jewish quarter, generic use of al-Mallāḥ, lit. ‘the saline area’ ( < malaḥa to be salty), the name of the site of Ḥims, a district into which the Jewish community of Fez were compelled to move in 1438. Compare French mellah (1860). A Jewish quarter in a Moroccan town or city. Also (rarely in extended use) a similar quarter outside Morocco.Quot. 1925 probably illustrates an isolated use of the word referring to a Jewish quarter outside Morocco; different terms for ‘Jewish quarter’ are commonly used in other parts of the Muslim world. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > Jewish Jewryc1325 Jew town1592 ghetto1611 Jewish quarter1658 mellah1809 Judaism1851 eruv1963 1809 J. G. Jackson Acct. Empire of Marocco vii. 128 The Millah, or that part of the city inhabited by the Jews, is walled round, and is extensive, and in good repair. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXII. 294/1 The Millah, or Jewish Quarter [of Marrakesh], is about a mile and a half in circuit in the South-East angle of the city. 1874 tr. G. Rohlfs Adventures Morocco vi. 105 There is a Jew's quarter (Mälha) [Mälha also in German text] or Ghetto, for there is no town in Morocco, and scarcely an oasis in the desert where Jews are not to be found. 1891 H. Caine Scapegoat (ed. 2) v. 118 Within the gate of the Mellah, a shochet was killing fowls and taking his tribute of copper coins. 1925 P. Guedalla Napoleon & Palestine v. 41 Old men in Turkish mellahs muttered the undying Esperança de Israel. 1972 Country Life 17 Feb. 414/3 The different quarters of the town: the kasba or quarter of government officials and Europeans; the Medina or Moorish quarter and the Mellah or Jewish town. 1992 E. Freud Hideous Kinky (1993) vi. 42 Stay until tomorrow and we will all go back to the Mellah. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809
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