Palestinian

Palestinian

English

Alternative forms

• Palæstinian (archaic)
• Palestinean

Etymology

Palestine +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪniən

Adjective

Palestinian (comparative more Palestinian, superlative most Palestinian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

Usage notes

Prior to 1948, "Palestinian" was used in reference to the whole area known at that time as Palestine before the establishment of the State of Israel. For example, today’s English‐language Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post was called The Palestine Post under the British Mandate of Palestine; also the Palestinian Orchestra was a Jewish orchestra.

Synonyms

• Filastini

Derived terms

• Fakestinian (offensive)
• Palestinkian (offensive)

Related terms

• Philistine (which see for more)

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people

Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ‎ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ‎ (filasṭiyy) Belarusian: палесты́нскі (paljestýnski) Bengali: ফিলিস্তীনী (filistīnī) Bulgarian: палести́нски (palestínski) Catalan: palestí (ca), palestinenc (ca) Czech: palestinský (cs) Danish: palæstinensisk, palæstinsk Dutch: Palestijns (nl) Estonian: palestiin Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi) French: palestinien (fr) Galician: palestino German: palästinensisch (de) Greek: παλαιστινιακός (el) (palaistiniakós) Hebrew: פַּלֶשְׂתִינַאִי‎ Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी (falastīnī) Hungarian: palesztin (hu) Ido: Palestinana Italian: palestinese (it) Korean: 팔레스타인 (ko) (palleseutain) (noun used attributively) Latvian: palestīniešu, palestīnišks Lithuanian: palestiniškas Macedonian: палести́нски (palestínski) Malay: Palestin Norwegian: Bokmål: palestinsk Nynorsk: palestinsk Persian: فلسطینی‎ (fa) (felestini) Polish: palestyński (pl) Portuguese: palestino (pt) Romanian: palestinian (ro) Russian: палести́нский (ru) (palestínskij) Slovak: palestínsky (sk) Slovene: palestinski (sl) Spanish: palestino (es) Swedish: palestinsk (sv) Tajik: фаластинӣ (falastinī) Ukrainian: палести́нський (palestýnsʹkyj) Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער‎ (palestiner)

of, from, or pertaining to Palestine

Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ‎ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ‎ (filasṭiyy) Bengali: ফিলিস্তীনী (filistīnī) Esperanto: palestina Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi) Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी (falastīnī) Ido: Palestinana Romanian: palestinian (ro) Volapük: Palästinänik (vo) Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער‎ (palestiner)

of, from, or pertaining to a Palestinian or Palestinians

Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ‎ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ‎ (filasṭiyy) Bengali: ফিলিস্তীনী (filistīnī) Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi) Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी (falastīnī) Ido: Palestinana Romanian: palestinian (ro) Volapük: (♂♀) Palästinänanik, (♂) hi-Palästinänanik, (♀) ji-Palästinänanik, (collective ♂♀) Palästinänanefik, (collective ♂) hi-Palästinänanefik, (collective ♀) ji-Palästinänanefik

Noun

Palestinian (plural Palestinians)

1. An inhabitant of Palestine or an Arab descending from that area.
   • 2011 [September 24, 1977], Carter, Jimmy, White House Diary‎, →ISBN, LCCN 2010015544, OCLC 712116640, OL 26333774M, page 107:

     We got a message back from Israel that they were withdrawing their troops immediately from Lebanon. We are notifying the Syrians and the Lebanese and demanding that they mutually participate in a cease-fire and withdrawal of the Palestinians back ten kilometers from the Israeli borders.

2. An inhabitant of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, legally governed by the Palestinian National Authority.

Synonyms

• Pal, Pally (informal)
• Filastini (chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs)
• Falestinian, Filastinian (rare, chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs)
• Fakestinian, Palestinkian (derogatory and hence offensive)
• Palesimian (offensive)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Palestinian Arabic
• Palestinophile
• Palestinophilia
• Palestinophilic
• pan-Palestinian
• Fakestinian (offensive)
• Palestinkian (offensive)

Translations

inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent

Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ‎ m (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِينِيَّة‎ f (filasṭīniyya) Belarusian: палесты́нец m (paljestýnjec), палесты́нка f (paljestýnka) Bengali: ফিলিস্তীনী (filistīnī) Bulgarian: палести́нец m (palestínec), палести́нка f (palestínka) Catalan: palestí (ca) m, palestinenc (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦人 (zh) (Bālèsītǎn-rén) Czech: Palestinec (cs) m, Palestinka (cs) f Danish: palæstinenser c Dutch: Palestijn (nl) m, Palestijnse (nl) f Esperanto: palestinano (man or woman), palestinanino (woman) Estonian: palestiinlane Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi) French: Palestinien (fr) m, Palestinienne (fr) f Galician: palestino m German: Palästinenser (de) m, Palästinenserin f Greek: Παλαιστίνιος (el) m (Palaistínios), Παλαιστίνια (el) f (Palaistínia) Hebrew: פלסטיני‎ Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी m (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी m (falastīnī) Hungarian: palesztin (hu) Ido: Palestinano (io) Italian: palestinese (it) m or f Japanese: パレスチナ人 (Paresuchina-jin) Latvian: palestīnietis m, palestīniete f Lithuanian: palestinietis m Macedonian: Палести́нец m (Palestínec), Палести́нка f (Palestínka) Malay: orang Palestin Norwegian: Bokmål: palestiner m Nynorsk: palestinar m Polish: Palestyńczyk (pl) m, Palestynka (pl) f Portuguese: palestino (pt) m, palestina (pt) f Romanian: palestinian (ro) m, palestiniană (ro) f Russian: палести́нец (ru) m (palestínec), палести́нка (ru) (palestínka) Slovak: Palestínec m, Palestínka f Slovene: Palestinec (sl) m, Palestinka f Spanish: palestino (es) m, palestina (es) f Swedish: palestinier (sv) m, palestinska (sv) f Turkish: Filistinli (tr) Ukrainian: палести́нець m (palestýnecʹ), палести́нка f (palestýnka) Volapük: (♂♀) Palästinänan, (♂) hi-Palästinänan, (♀) ji-Palästinänan, (collective ♂♀) Palästinänanef, (collective ♂) hi-Palästinänanef, (collective ♀) ji-Palästinänanef Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער‎ m (palestiner)