Dictionary entry

Semitic

Pronunciation: /sɪˈmɪtɪk/

Pronunciation

/sɪˈmɪtɪk/

Myanmar Meaning

ဆီးမိုက်လူမျိုး။ ဂျူးလူမျိုးများနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သော။ ဟီးဘရူးနှင့် အရဗီအပါအဝင် ဘာသာစကားအုပ်စုနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သော။

Definition

Semitic /sǝ'mÇtÇk/ adj ၁။ (ဂ်ဴး၊ အာရပ္၊ ဖီနီးရွင္း၊ အဆီးရီးယင္း လူမ်ဳိးမ်ား ပါဝင္သည့္) ဆီမိုက္ႏြယ္ဝင္။ Semitic languages/peoples. ၂။ ဂ်ဴး(အႏြယ္စသည္)။

Examples

  1. ‘Aramaic belongs to the Semitic language group historically centred in the Middle East.’
  2. ‘It is a Semitic language somewhat related to Arabic and Hebrew.’
  3. ‘The rest of the population speaks languages drawn from Indo-European
  4. Ural-Altaic
  5. or Semitic language families.’
  6. ‘Arabic
  7. on the other hand
  8. belongs to the Semitic language family.’
  9. ‘Whereas Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages
  10. Israeli is a Semito-European language.’
  11. ‘Arabic
  12. the language of the majority and the official language of the country
  13. is a Semitic tongue related to Hebrew
  14. Aramaic
  15. and Amharic.’
  16. ‘Arabic
  17. like other Semitic languages
  18. including Hebrew
  19. is based on triliteral roots.’
  20. ‘Both studied in Germany and spent time studying and teaching Hebrew and other Semitic languages; both were especially fascinated by the significance of Arabic for the study of ancient Semitic languages.’
  21. ‘It's a Semitic language
  22. totally unlike English.’
  23. ‘Arabic derives from the ancient Semitic languages.’
  24. ‘Moreover
  25. the heart of the Islamic domain has always been the region closest to Europe… Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages
  26. and together they dispose and redispose of material that is urgently important to Christianity.’
  27. ‘The Sumerian signs were used to write the Old Akkadian language which was Semitic.’
  28. ‘Arabic
  29. a Semitic language
  30. was introduced by the Arab conquerors and has three different forms: classical
  31. modern standard
  32. and spoken.’
  33. ‘The alphabet used to write Arabic from the 6th century to the present day is a form of Aramaic script that belongs to the family of Semitic scripts whose ultimate origins go back to Egyptian hieroglyphs.’
  34. ‘Dialects much changed in the new surroundings
  35. needless to say - in Amharic
  36. the ancient Semitic word for ‘almond’ now refers to the African groundnut.’
  37. ‘Had they come to Israel at the end of the 19th century
  38. Israeli would have been a very Semitic language
  39. just like Arabic and Hebrew.’
  40. ‘Arabic is the youngest of the Semitic languages.’
  41. ‘It is called Geez
  42. an ancient Semitic language used in the Coptic Christian Church.’
  43. ‘Diligently
  44. he traces each letter from the ancient Semitic and Phoenician alphabets through Old English and Norman French
  45. exploring shapes and pronunciation.’
  46. ‘Arabic is a Semitic language related to Hebrew and Aramaic.’