Meaning of Himyaritic | Babel Free
/ˌhɪm.jəˈrɪ.tɪk/Definitions
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Old South Arabian. obsolete
- Any language or dialect belonging to Himyarites and reported from an ancient Arabic perspective as peculiar.
- An imagined Semitic language belonging to the Himyarites who however generally wrote Sabaean.
Examples
“If the traditional Arab and Islamic scholars are to be believed, the Ḥimyaritic language was incomprehensible to a speaker of Arabic.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.