almah

almah
almah (n.) Egyptian dancing-girl, belly-dancer, 1814, perhaps from Arabic almah (fem. adj.), "learned, knowing," from alama "to know." Or perhaps from a Semitic root meaning "girl" (Cf. Heb. alma "a young girl, a damsel").

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