Etymology

almas

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Russian алма́з
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almas · noun1

  1. Russian · borrowed fromалма́з
  2. Russian · borrowed fromалма́з
  3. English todayalmas

Borrowed from Russian алма́з (almáz, “diamond”).

Almas · proper noun2

  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromAlmás
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromAlmas
  3. Arabic · borrowed fromأَلْمَاس“diamond”
  4. English todayAlmas

Various origins: * Borrowed from Arabic أَلْمَاس (ʔalmās, “diamond”), a surname predominantly found in Pakistan. * Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Almas, plural form of Alma. * Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from alma (“apple”), thus a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of apples.

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