almah
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almah
- /ˈæl.mə/ US
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning ‘learned, knowledgeable’, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).
noun almahs · almah · awalim · alma · alme · almeh
- 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.
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Talk about this word "almah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/almah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. almah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/almah "almah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/almah.Cite this
@misc{almah_2026,
title = {almah},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/almah},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
