Proto-Sinaitic meaning in Hindi

Hindi words for Proto-Sinaitic

script

आदिम-सीनाई ādim-sīnāī

English meaning of Proto-Sinaitic

1. proper noun An ancient consonantal script (abjad), found in a small corpus of about 40 inscriptions and fragments dating to the Middle Bronze Age, the vast majority from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It was written by speakers of a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite, who repurposed Egyptian hieroglyphs to write Semitic consonants. It is considered the earliest trace of alphabetic writing and the common ancestor of both the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet.
2. proper noun Referring to several early consonantal scripts (abjads) used in Egypt and the Levant during the Bronze Age adapted from Egyptian hieroglyphs using acrophonic spelling to write a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite. Considered collectively as early traces of alphabetic writing and as evidence for a common ancestor of the Phoenician and Ancient South Arabian scripts.
3. adjective Describing only the form of this script found in the Sinai Peninsula.
4. adjective Describing all extant forms and variants of this early script found throughout Egypt (Sinai and Nilotic Egypt) and the Levant (Canaan).

Full definition of Proto-Sinaitic

Synonyms of Proto-Sinaitic

• Early Alphabetic

Questions about Proto-Sinaitic in Hindi

What is the meaning of Proto-Sinaitic in Hindi?

Proto-Sinaitic in Hindi is आदिम-सीनाई (ādim-sīnāī).

Proto-Sinaitic का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?

Proto-Sinaitic: आदिम-सीनाई (ādim-sīnāī).

What does Proto-Sinaitic mean in English?

Proto-Sinaitic means an ancient consonantal script (abjad), found in a small corpus of about 40 inscriptions and fragments dating to the Middle Bronze Age, the vast majority from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It was written by speakers of a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite, who repurposed Egyptian hieroglyphs to write Semitic consonants. It is considered the earliest trace of alphabetic writing and the common ancestor of both the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet.