Lihyanic

noun

Lih·​yan·​ic

lēˈyänik

variants or Lihyanian

-änēən

or Lihyanite

-äˌnīt

: a Semitic language of western Arabia known from inscriptions of the 2d and 1st centuries b.c.

Word History

Etymology

Arabic Liḥyān + English -ic or -ian or -ite

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