Himyarite

American  

[him-yuh-rahyt] / ˈhɪm yəˌraɪt /

noun

1. one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.

2. a descendant of these people.

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adjective

1. Himyaritic.

Himyarite British  

/ ˈhɪmjəˌraɪt /

noun

1. a member of an ancient people of SW Arabia, sometimes regarded as including the Sabeans

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their culture

Etymology

Origin of Himyarite

1835–45; < Arabic ḥimyar (name of a tribe and an old dynasty of Yemen) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The regional museum of Dhamar in the southwest, which contained thousands of artifacts from the Himyarite Kingdom, was completely destroyed.

From Science Magazine

He was the first, in his letters on the history of the Arabs before Islamism, published in 1836, to explain the Himyarite or Homeric language and to recognize that it resembles rather the early Hebrew and Syriac dialects, than the Arabic of the present day.

From Project Gutenberg

Who knew what ancient idols, what Himyarite inscriptions, what trinkets of gold, might not be found there?

From Project Gutenberg

The Himyarite Arabs, as I have shown, derived their name originally from their red color, and they were constantly depicted on the Egyptian monuments as red or light brown.

From Project Gutenberg

It belonged to the Himyarite Tobba, Amru bin Ma'ad Kurb, and came into the hands of Harun al-Rashid.

From Project Gutenberg