English Explanatory Dictionary

Ancient North Arabian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. related to the Ancient North Arabian script or language(s)
name
  1. A branch of South Semitic abjads used in northern and central Arabia and southern Syria from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE.
  2. A hypothetical Central Semitic language, language group or dialects, expressed by these scripts and closely related to Old Arabic.

Word forms

Ancient North Arabian

Etymology

Attested since 1904. Calque of German Alt-Nord-Arabisch (itself from 1870s), which corresponds to Altnordarabisch in modern orthography

Synonyms

Old North Arabian

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Ancient North Arabian terms xna Old South Arabian Ancient South Arabian
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