The Collaborative International Dictionary
Himyaritic
Himyaric \Him*yar"ic\, Himyaritic \Him`ya*rit"ic\, a.
Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or
to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters,
language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions
showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic,
still spoken in Southern Arabia.
--Brande & C.
Usage examples of "himyaritic".
The German savants, mostly attributing them to the Saba tribes, who immigrated from Yemen about our first century, tried the Himyaritic syllabaries and failed.
Himyar, the prefix of the Himyaritic Arabians, also means red, and the Arabs were painted red on the Egyptian monuments.