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
- ‘Aramaic belongs to the Semitic language group historically centred in the Middle East.’
- ‘It is a Semitic language somewhat related to Arabic and Hebrew.’
- ‘The rest of the population speaks languages drawn from Indo-European
- Ural-Altaic
- or Semitic language families.’
- ‘Arabic
- on the other hand
- belongs to the Semitic language family.’
- ‘Whereas Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages
- Israeli is a Semito-European language.’
- ‘Arabic
- the language of the majority and the official language of the country
- is a Semitic tongue related to Hebrew
- Aramaic
- and Amharic.’
- ‘Arabic
- like other Semitic languages
- including Hebrew
- is based on triliteral roots.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘It's a Semitic language
- totally unlike English.’
- ‘Arabic derives from the ancient Semitic languages.’
- ‘Moreover
- the heart of the Islamic domain has always been the region closest to Europe… Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages
- and together they dispose and redispose of material that is urgently important to Christianity.’
- ‘The Sumerian signs were used to write the Old Akkadian language which was Semitic.’
- ‘Arabic
- a Semitic language
- was introduced by the Arab conquerors and has three different forms: classical
- modern standard
- and spoken.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Dialects much changed in the new surroundings
- needless to say - in Amharic
- the ancient Semitic word for ‘almond’ now refers to the African groundnut.’
- ‘Had they come to Israel at the end of the 19th century
- Israeli would have been a very Semitic language
- just like Arabic and Hebrew.’
- ‘Arabic is the youngest of the Semitic languages.’
- ‘It is called Geez
- an ancient Semitic language used in the Coptic Christian Church.’
- ‘Diligently
- he traces each letter from the ancient Semitic and Phoenician alphabets through Old English and Norman French
- exploring shapes and pronunciation.’
- ‘Arabic is a Semitic language related to Hebrew and Aramaic.’