See Also: Lihyanite(dictionary)

Lihyanite (iou)



Lihyanite noun & adjective. M20.
[from Arab. liyan the name of an ancient tribe + -ITE1.]
(Of) an early form of Arabic known only from north Arabian inscriptions of the 2nd and 1st cents. BC, written in a southern Semitic alphabet.
Also Lihyani [li:'j¨»:ni:] noun & adjective E20.