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

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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

The Himyaritic inscriptions found there and at Husn Ghurab near Mukalla, were the first records discovered of ancient Arabian civilization in Hadramut.

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

The second one, which is a mile further up the Wadi Yeramis than the first, is evidently Himyaritic, and protected the first town after Banna on the way to the Hadhramout.

From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent

Its most ancient documents are the Himyaritic inscriptions.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

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 John Russell Bartlett

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