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Алмас
“resembling a diamond”
Алмас (Almas) is a masculine given name from Persian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Bashkir.
Bashkir and Russian and TatarWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Almas.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Алмас is Almas written in Cyrillic. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a diamond.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Алмас comes from Persian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Bashkir usage, Алмас developed from Ἀδάμας.
Алмас’s family of names
In Bashkir usage, Алмас shares a linguistic root with the Uyghur form ئالماس. Алмас can be written in the Roman alphabet as Almas. In Bashkir usage, Алмас has a transliteration in Almas.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Алмас has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Алмас comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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