almehn.

Brit.

/ˈalmə/, U.S.

/ˈælmə/

Forms:

α. 1700s almé, 1900s– almeh.

β. 1800s alma, 1800s almah.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: French almée; Arabic ʿalma.

Etymology: < (i) French almée, †almée (1785 in the source translated in quot. 1786), and its etymon (ii) Egyptian Arabic ʿalma woman leader of a troupe of female musicians and dancers < literary Arabic ʿālima learned woman, feminine form corresponding to ʿālim learned, knowing, present participle of ʿalima to know. The dancing girls are so called because they have been instructed in music and dancing.

Now chiefly historical.

In Egypt: a trained female entertainer of a type that was formerly engaged to dance, sing, or recite poetry; (sometimes more loosely) a dancing girl or (in recent use) a prostitute. Cf. ghazeeyeh n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional

danceressa1425

dancerc1440

dancing-damsel1606

dancing-wench1698

dancing-girl1762

almeh1786

dancing-woman1810

ronggeng1817

ghazeeyeh1819

hurdy-gurdy girl1865

pony1908

terp1937

1786 tr. C. E. Savary Lett. on Egypt I. xiv. 179 These Almé are sent for into all the harams. They teach the women the new airs.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. ii. 33 While dance the Almas to wild minstrelsy.

1869 ‘Ouida’ Tricotrin III. 84 Dance like an almàh among the scarlet-beans of the cottage garden.

1923 H. Ellis Dance of Life ii. 50 Loret remarks that a charming Egyptian dancer of the Eighteenth Dynasty..is an exact portrait of a charming Almeh of to-day whom he has seen dancing.

1972 in B. Dijkstra Idols of Perversity (1986) v. 136 Her body swaying from the waist with the continuous quivering of an almeh performing a belly-dance.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 90 Wandering the bazaars of Egypt,..sexually touring and looking for almehs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	almeh
释义	almehn. Brit. /ˈalmə/, U.S. /ˈælmə/ Forms: α. 1700s almé, 1900s– almeh. β. 1800s alma, 1800s almah. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: French almée; Arabic ʿalma. Etymology: < (i) French almée, †almée (1785 in the source translated in quot. 1786), and its etymon (ii) Egyptian Arabic ʿalma woman leader of a troupe of female musicians and dancers < literary Arabic ʿālima learned woman, feminine form corresponding to ʿālim learned, knowing, present participle of ʿalima to know. The dancing girls are so called because they have been instructed in music and dancing. Now chiefly historical. In Egypt: a trained female entertainer of a type that was formerly engaged to dance, sing, or recite poetry; (sometimes more loosely) a dancing girl or (in recent use) a prostitute. Cf. ghazeeyeh n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional danceressa1425 dancerc1440 dancing-damsel1606 dancing-wench1698 dancing-girl1762 almeh1786 dancing-woman1810 ronggeng1817 ghazeeyeh1819 hurdy-gurdy girl1865 pony1908 terp1937 1786 tr. C. E. Savary Lett. on Egypt I. xiv. 179 These Almé are sent for into all the harams. They teach the women the new airs. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. ii. 33 While dance the Almas to wild minstrelsy. 1869 ‘Ouida’ Tricotrin III. 84 Dance like an almàh among the scarlet-beans of the cottage garden. 1923 H. Ellis Dance of Life ii. 50 Loret remarks that a charming Egyptian dancer of the Eighteenth Dynasty..is an exact portrait of a charming Almeh of to-day whom he has seen dancing. 1972 in B. Dijkstra Idols of Perversity (1986) v. 136 Her body swaying from the waist with the continuous quivering of an almeh performing a belly-dance. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 90 Wandering the bazaars of Egypt,..sexually touring and looking for almehs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1786
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