Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sharifian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shar-i-fi-an
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a sharif.

Example Sentences

"At times he even seems to accept the Arab racial myth: seldom if ever is any member of a sharifian lineage whose eponymous ancestor originated in the Hadramawt, however long ago, called anything but a Hadrami sharif."
"One might even speak of a sharifian mini-empire, as the Sa'dids took control of the Saharan trade in gold and slaves, for a brief time as far as Timbuktu in East Africa."

Etymology

From sharif + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sharif

Phrases

Sharifian Army

Questions

What does sharifian mean?: Of or relating to a sharif.
Where does sharifian come from?: From sharif + -ian.

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