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almah

US/ˈæl.mə/

almah noun: an Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.

almah: an Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute
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Noun

almah (plural almahs or almah or awalim)

  1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.
    • Nostalgia is almah, the Arab dancing girl. She tells me stories of the drowned, the deadest of this world's dead.1998, Hélène Cixous, translated by Catherine Gillivray, Firstdays of the Year, Minnesota, page 157

Forms of almah

pluralalmahs
pluralalmah
pluralawalim
alternative formalma
alternative formalme
alternative formalmeh

Origin of almah

Ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning ‘learned, knowledgeable’, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

Questions about almah

What does almah mean?
Almah means an Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.
What part of speech is almah?
Almah is a noun.
How do you pronounce almah?
Almah is pronounced /ˈæl.mə/ (US).
What is the plural of almah?
The plural of almah is almahs.

Words near almah in the dictionary

  1. Almagro
  2. Almaguer
  3. Almaguer North
  4. Almaguer South
  5. Almaguers
  6. almah
  7. almahs
  8. almain
  9. almain rivet
  10. almain rivets
  11. Almaine Rivet

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