Himyariten.
/ˈhɪmjərʌɪt/ One of an ancient people of Southern Arabia (formerly called Homerites, see Homerite n.).
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Idumaeanc897
PhilistineeOE
PhilisteeOE
Philistianc1375
Midianitea1382
Moabitea1382
Chaldee1382
Scytha1387
Ammonitea1393
Alana1450
Amorite1530
Kenite1535
Scythian1543
Nabatean1555
Illyrian1584
Sabaean1607
Hittite1608
Homerite1613
White Hun1653
Judahite1708
Alarodian1709
Cimmerian1797
Thamudite1833
Himyarite1842
Akkadian1857
Saka1880
Ephthalite1882
Kassite1888
Hurrian1911
Hattian1914
Tarsian1914
Subarian1923
Gutian1928
Urartian1934
Nesite1949
Luvian1961
Eblaite1976
1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 143 The dialect of the Hhimyarite Arabs, the Homerites of the Greeks.
1843 J. Nicholson in Kitto's Cycl. Bibl. Lit. I. 668/2 The Himjarite alphabet.
1881 Athenæum 29 Jan. 168/3 A paper ‘On a Himyarite Tetradrachm of the Second Century b.c.’.
Derivatives
Himˈyaric adj.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective]
MidianitishOE
MoabitishOE
Ammonitea1325
Moabitea1325
Amalekitea1382
Midianitea1382
Amorite1530
Scythian1567
Philistian1569
Sabaeana1586
Scythian-likea1599
Nabatean1614
Philistean1623
Scythic1623
Chaldean1732
Alarodian1737
Philistinian1773
Judahite1797
Philistine1842
Moabitic1851
Himyaritic1854
Akkadian1856
Scythized1861
Cimmerian1862
Idumaean1863
Himyaric1864
Hittite1871
Kassite1894
Hattian1908
Khaldian1908
Kenite1911
Hattic1913
Ephthalite1920
Subarian1923
Hurrian1928
Gutian1929
Saka1958
Luvian1963
Urartian1965
Eblaite1976
the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > Semitic > Arabic > of specific Arabic languages > Himyaritic
Homeritic1791
Himyaritic1854
Himyaric1864
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Himyaric.
Himyaˈritic adj. attributive 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.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective]
MidianitishOE
MoabitishOE
Ammonitea1325
Moabitea1325
Amalekitea1382
Midianitea1382
Amorite1530
Scythian1567
Philistian1569
Sabaeana1586
Scythian-likea1599
Nabatean1614
Philistean1623
Scythic1623
Chaldean1732
Alarodian1737
Philistinian1773
Judahite1797
Philistine1842
Moabitic1851
Himyaritic1854
Akkadian1856
Scythized1861
Cimmerian1862
Idumaean1863
Himyaric1864
Hittite1871
Kassite1894
Hattian1908
Khaldian1908
Kenite1911
Hattic1913
Ephthalite1920
Subarian1923
Hurrian1928
Gutian1929
Saka1958
Luvian1963
Urartian1965
Eblaite1976
the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > Semitic > Arabic > of specific Arabic languages > Himyaritic
Homeritic1791
Himyaritic1854
Himyaric1864
1854 Pop. 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.
1864 E. Deutsch in Reader IV. 664/2 Osiander, the great Himyaritic scholar.
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