Hasaean
Hasaean proper noun: a Semitic language used in inscriptions found mainly in the great oasis of al-Hasâ, written in a variety of the South Arabian scripts.
Proper noun
Hasaean
- A Semitic language used in inscriptions found mainly in the great oasis of al-Hasâ, written in a variety of the South Arabian scripts.
- The South Semitic (or South West Semitic) group brings together the ancient dialects of South Arabia: Sabaean, Minaean, and Qatabanian; the PreIslamic Northern Arabian languages of Thamudic, Lihyanite, Safaitic, and Hasaean, which is associated with central easter parts of the Arabian penninsula...2013, Andrew Rippin, The Islamic World, →ISBN
Adjective
Hasaean (not comparable)
- Related to the civilization that left the Hasaean inscriptions, that is, to a pre-Islamic civilization that dates to the 8th century BCE in the northeastern part of the Saudi Arabian Eastern Province.
- For the Hasaean civilization based on Thaj in eastern Arabia, but also taking into account the areas of present-day Ra's al-Zur, Dammam, and Abqaiq, Potts (1983) has proposed a chronological system divided into early, middle, and late phases.1996, Flora E. S. Kaplan, Museums and the making of "ourselves": the role of objects in national identity
Origin of Hasaean
From al-Hasâ, the name of the northeastern part of the Saudi Arabian Eastern Province.
Questions about Hasaean
- What does Hasaean mean?
- Hasaean means a Semitic language used in inscriptions found mainly in the great oasis of al-Hasâ, written in a variety of the South Arabian scripts.
- What part of speech is Hasaean?
- Hasaean can be a proper noun or an adjective.
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