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almahs

almahs is the plural of almah.

Meaning of almah

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

Questions about almahs

What is almahs the plural of?
Almahs is the plural of almah.

Words near almahs in the dictionary

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

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