Himyaritic

American  

[him-yuh-rit-ik] / ˌhɪm jəˈrɪt ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.

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noun

1. a Semitic language anciently spoken in southern Arabia: extinct by 1100.

Himyaritic British  

/ ˌhɪmjəˈrɪtɪk /

noun

1. the extinct language of the Himyarites, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or using this language

Etymology

Origin of Himyaritic

First recorded in 1850–55; Himyarite + -ic

Example Sentences

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Himyaritic

The majority of the people are of the Eastern Hamitic family mixed with cultured Himyaritic Semites from South Arabia.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is supposed to date from after the beginning of the Christian era, when the Himyaritic form fell into disuse, and it is now used in chronograms only.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The following list embraces all of consequence that has been written on Southern Arabia and the Himyaritic Inscriptions.

From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by Bartlett, John Russell

But the wide field has been scratched not worked out, and the greater part of it, especially the Mesopotamian and the Himyaritic of Mahrahland, still remains fallow and the reverse of sterile.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

It would take an immense quantity of digging to come on Himyaritic remains.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore