almah
noun/ˈæl.mə/US
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning ‘learned, knowledgeable’, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).
- derived from عَالِمَة
Definitions
An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment
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.
The neighborhood
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