Meaning

1 senses
  1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.

    Almah, Alma

    альме́яalʹméja, а́льмеálʹme, а́льмаálʹma

    алме́яalméja

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dancing-girl:
Русский
By meaning 1
dancing-girl:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dancing-girl:

Origin

Ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meanin

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

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Forms

plural: almahs / almah / awalim

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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