Sharifian
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to a sharif. not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From sharif + -ian.
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