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alme

alme is the alternative form 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

Forms of alme

pluralalmes
pluralawalim

Questions about alme

What is alme the alternative form of?
Alme is the alternative form of almah.

Words near alme in the dictionary

  1. Almazans
  2. Almazna
  3. Almaș
  4. Almașu
  5. Almașu Mare
  6. alme
  7. almecillin
  8. Almeda
  9. Almedas
  10. almeh
  11. almehs

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