Almaz

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Amharic (Ethiopia)

Meaning

a feminine Amharic name meaning diamond — from the Arabic and Persian almaz meaning diamond, the hardest natural material, brilliantly refractive, precious, and indestructible; the name entered Amharic through the centuries of contact between the Ethiopian highlands and the Arabic-speaking and Persian-influenced world of the Indian Ocean trade networks; giving a daughter the name Almaz expresses the idea that she is as precious, brilliant, and enduring as a diamond — the most valued of all gems — and connects the bearer to the tradition of praising beloved women through comparisons to precious stones and metals that is common across Ethiopian, Arabic, and Persian poetic traditions

Gender

female

Also spelled

Almaze