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

In 1889 he succeeded, again under Turkish escort, in reaching Marib, where he obtained, during a stay of thirty days, a large number of new Himyaritic inscriptions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Haura is supposed to be the site of an ancient Himyaritic town.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

The word Tobba or Tubba, I have been informed by some of the modern Arabs, is still used in the Himyaritic dialect of Arabic to signify "the Great" or "the Chief."

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Its most ancient documents are the Himyaritic inscriptions.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max