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sharifian

sharifian adjective: of or relating to a sharif.

Adjective

sharifian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a sharif.
    • At times he even seems to accept the Arab racial myth: seldom if ever is any member of a sharifian lineage whose eponymous ancestor originated in the Hadramawt, however long ago, called anything but a Hadrami sharif.1993, James De Vere Allen, Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon
    • One might even speak of a sharifian mini-empire, as the Sa'dids took control of the Saharan trade in gold and slaves, for a brief time as far as Timbuktu in East Africa.2004, Kirk H. Sowell, The Arab World: An Illustrated History, page 140

Origin of sharifian

From sharif + -ian.

Words formed from sharifian

  • Sharifian Army

Questions about sharifian

What does sharifian mean?
Sharifian means of or relating to a sharif.
What part of speech is sharifian?
Sharifian is an adjective.

Words near sharifian in the dictionary

  1. Shariff
  2. Shariff Aguak
  3. Shariff Kabunsuan
  4. Shariffs
  5. Sharifi
  6. sharifian
  7. Sharifis
  8. sharifs
  9. sharin'
  10. sharing
  11. sharing and sharing alike

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