lih·yan·ic \lēˈyänik\noun orlih·yan·i·an\-änēən\; orlih·yan·ite\-äˌnīt\ Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Arabic Liḥyān + English -ic or -ian or -ite : a Semitic language of western Arabia known from inscriptions of the 2d and 1st centuries B.C.