almah en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæl.mə/ (US)
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning ‘learned, knowledgeable’, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| almeh | alternative | lexicographic | |
| alme | alternative | lexicographic | |
| alma | alternative | lexicographic | |
| awalim | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| almah | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| almahs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
ru а́льме (dancing-girl) · de Almah (dancing-girl) · it almea (dancing-girl) · ru альме́я (dancing-girl) · es almea (dancing-girl) · ro almee (dancing-girl) · ru а́льма (dancing-girl) · pl almeja (dancing-girl) · ru алме́я (dancing-girl) · fr almée (dancing-girl) · uk алме́я (dancing-girl) · de Alma (dancing-girl)