Himyaritic

American  

[him-yuh-rit-ik] / ˌhɪm yəˈrɪt 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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of these marks consist purely of Himyaritic letters, whilst others are variants, which would naturally arise from copying a very old-world alphabetic original.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

Early Arab writers tell us that the Himyaritic population of this district came here when they abandoned Shabwa, early in the Christian era.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

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

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

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore