almah

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈæl.mə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

almahs plural almah plural awalim plural alma alternative alme alternative almeh alternative

词源

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