Semite, Semitic
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; “Semite peoples”
Semitic
(adjective) of or relating to the group of Semitic languages; “Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology”
Semitic
(noun) a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sem*it"ic, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.] Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phoenician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
