Palestinian

English

Alternative forms

• Palæstinian (archaic)
• Palestinean

Etymology

From Palestine +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪniən

Adjective

Palestinian (comparative more Palestinian, superlative most Palestinian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
   • 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.

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.

Derived terms

• Christian Palestinian Aramaic
• Fakestinian (offensive)
• Palestinian Arabic
• Palestinianness
• Palestinian Syriac
• Palestinkian (offensive)

 

Related terms

• Philistine (which see for more)

Translations

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

• Albanian: palestinez (sq)
• Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ (filasṭiyy)
• Armenian: պաղեստինյան (paġestinyan)
• Asturian: palestín (ast)
• Azerbaijani: fələstinli
• Basque: palestinar
• Belarusian: палесты́нскі (paljestýnski)
• Bengali: ফিলিস্তিনি (philistini)
• Bulgarian: палести́нски (palestínski)
• Burmese: ပါလက်စတိုင်း (palakca.tuing:)
• Catalan: palestí (ca), palestinenc (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (zh) (Bālèsītǎn)

• Czech: palestinský (cs)
• Danish: palæstinensisk, palæstinsk
• Dutch: Palestijns (nl)
• Estonian: palestiin
• Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi)
• French: palestinien (fr)
• Galician: palestino
• Georgian: პალესტინური (ṗalesṭinuri)
• German: palästinensisch (de)
• Greek: παλαιστινιακός (el) (palaistiniakós)
• Hebrew: פַּלֶשְׂתִינַאִי, פָלַסְטִינִי (falastini)
• Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी (filistīnī), फ़लस्तीनी (falastīnī)
• Hungarian: palesztin (hu)
• Icelandic: palestínskur
• Ido: Palestinana
• Italian: palestinese (it)
• Japanese: パレスチナの (ja) (Paresuchina no)
• Kazakh: палестиналық (palestinalyq)
• Khmer: ប៉ាឡេស្ទីន (paaleestiin)
• Korean: 팔레스타인의 (ko) (palleseutain-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: filistînî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: палестиналык (palestinalık)
• Latvian: palestīniešu, palestīnišks
• Lithuanian: palestiniškas
• Macedonian: палести́нски (palestínski)
• Malay: Palestin (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palestinsk

  Nynorsk: palestinsk

• Pashto: فلسطيني (falastini)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: فَلَسْطِینِی (falastīnī)

  Iranian Persian: فِلِسْطینی (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)
• Tagalog: Palestino
• Tajik: фаластинӣ (falastini)
• Thai: ปาเลสไตน์ (bpaa-lées-dtaai)
• Turkish: Filistinli (tr)
• Ukrainian: палести́нський (palestýnsʹkyj)
• Urdu: فِلِسْطِینی (filistīnī), فَلَسْطِینی (falastīnī)
• Uyghur: پەلەستىنلىك (pelestinlik)
• Uzbek: falastinlik
• Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער (palestiner)

of, from, or pertaining to Palestine

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِيّ (filasṭiyy)
• Asturian: palestín (ast)
• Bengali: ফিলিস্তিনি (philistini)
• 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)
• Asturian: palestín (ast)
• Bengali: ফিলিস্তিনি (philistini)
• 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 someone descending from that area.
   • 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.

   • 2011 [1977 September 24], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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
• Palestinian Authority
• Palestinophile
• Palestinophilia
• Palestinophilic
• pan-Palestinian
• Fakestinian (offensive)
• Palestinkian (offensive)

Translations

inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent

• Albanian: palestinez (sq) m, palestineze f
• Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ m (filasṭīniyy), فِلَسْطِينِيَّة f (filasṭīniyya)
• Armenian: պաղեստինցի (paġestincʻi)
• Asturian: palestín (ast) m, palestina (ast)
• Belarusian: палесты́нец m (paljestýnjec), палесты́нка f (paljestýnka)
• Bengali: ফিলিস্তিনি (philistini)
• 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
• Georgian: პალესტინელი (ṗalesṭineli)
• 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)
• Icelandic: Palestínumaður m
• Ido: Palestinano (io)
• Italian: palestinese (it) m or f
• Japanese: パレスチナ人 (ja) (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)

Further reading

• Palestinians on Wikipedia.Wikipedia