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Himyarite, n.|ˈhɪmjəraɪt|
Also Ham-, Hhim-.
[f. name of Himyar, a traditional king of Yemen in Southern Arabia + -ite.]
One of an ancient people of Southern Arabia (formerly called Homerites). Also attrib. = Himyaˈritic a., of or pertaining to the Himyarites, their civilization, etc.; commonly applied to the language of this ancient people (a distinct dialect of Arabic akin to Ethiopic), and to its alphabet, and the inscriptions preserved in it. So Himˈyaric a.
1842[see Homerite]. 1843J. Nicholson in Kitto's Cycl. Bibl. Lit. I. 668/2 The Himjarite alphabet. 1854Pop. Bibl. Educ. I. 189/1 Although the old Hamyaritic characters had somewhat degenerated in form, yet they were still in use, in the first century of Christianity. 1864E. Deutsch in Reader IV. 664/2 Osiander, the great Himyaritic scholar. 1864Webster, Himyaric. 1881Athenæum 29 Jan. 168/3 A paper ‘On a Himyarite Tetradrachm of the Second Century b.c.’. |