Egyptian dancing girl

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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").

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; a dancing-girl, a prostitute. (from 18th c.)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Almah (עלמה, plural: alamot עלמות, in Arabic Amah آمه which means unspecified woman or a woman past puberty, regardless of sexual status) is a Hebrew word meaning a young woman of childbearing age who has not yet had a child, and who may be (but does not ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alma \Al"ma\, Almah \Al"mah\, n. Same as Alme .