Almas

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of alma form-of, plural
  2. 2
    caviar from the albino beluga uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Russian алма́з (almáz, “diamond”).

Etymology 2

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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