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Himyaritic

adj · name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌhɪm.jəˈrɪ.tɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɪtɪk

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adj

Meaning 1

Related or belonging to the aforementioned language or language group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 2

Old South Arabian.

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Usage: obsolete

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name

Meaning 3

Any language or dialect belonging to Himyarites and reported from an ancient Arabic perspective as peculiar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: historiography, history, human-sciences, sciences

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Meaning 4

An imagined Semitic language belonging to the Himyarites who however generally wrote Sabaean.

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History

Etymology

From Himyarite + -ic.

Real reading context

Himyaritic in complete knowledge articles