Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

himyarite

/ˈhɪm.jəˌɹaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Him-ya-rite
IPA: /ˈhɪm.jəˌɹaɪt/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Himyar.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Himyar.

Example Sentences

"The combination of brk and rb is quite spectacular from the perspective of the pagan Arabian inscriptions. In the tens of thousands of these documented so far—across North Arabian, South Arabian and Nabataean scripts—rb is never used as an epithet of the old gods and the verb brk "to bless" is virtually absent from invocations in the pre‐monotheistic period. Both appear to be part of the stock of monotheistic vocabulary borrowed into Sabaic from Hebrew and Aramaic in the fourth century CE, following the Ḥimyarite adoption of Jewish‐inspired monotheism."

Etymology

From Himyar + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Himyar

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɪm.jəˌɹaɪt/
British English: /ˈhɪm.jəˌɹaɪt/

Inflected Forms

Himyarites (plural) Himjarite (alternative) Ḥimyarite (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce himyarite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪm.jəˌɹaɪt/.
What does himyarite mean?: An inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Himyar.
Where does himyarite come from?: From Himyar + -ite.

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