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al⋅me

  [al-me]
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–noun
almah.
Also, almeh.

al⋅mah

  [al-muh]
–noun
(in Egypt) a woman or girl who dances or sings professionally.
Also, alma, alme, almeh.

Origin:
< Egyptian Ar ʿalmah, var. of Ar ʿālimah lit., knowledgeable
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almah 
Egyptian dancing-girl, belly-dancer, 1814, perhaps from Arabic almah (fem. adj.), "learned, knowing," from alama "to know." Or perhaps from a Sem. root meaning "girl" (cf. Heb. alma "a young girl, a damsel").
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