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