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almeh

almeh 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 almeh

pluralalmehs
pluralalmeh
pluralawalim

Questions about almeh

What is almeh the alternative form of?
Almeh is the alternative form of almah.

Words near almeh in the dictionary

  1. Almașu Mare
  2. alme
  3. almecillin
  4. Almeda
  5. Almedas
  6. almeh
  7. almehs
  8. Almeida
  9. almeidaite
  10. Almeidas
  11. Almeley

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