The Arabian peninsula has long been accepted as the original Semitic Urheimat by a majority of scholars.
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Semitic
//səˈmɪt.ɪk//
Synonyms for "semitic" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Adjective(1 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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10 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- semitik adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- gjuhët semitike name (Semitic languages in general)
Amharic
1 entries- ሴማዊ adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Arabic
1 entries- سَامِيّ adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Armenian
3 entries- սեմական adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- սեմական adj (pertaining to the Semites)
- սեմական name (Semitic languages in general)
Belarusian
1 entries- семі́цкі adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Bengali
3 entries- সামী adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- সামী adj (pertaining to the Semites)
- সামী name (Semitic languages in general)
Bulgarian
1 entries- семи́тски adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Catalan
2 entries- semític adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semític adj (pertaining to the Semites)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 閃 /闪 adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- 閃米特 /闪米特 adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- 閃米特語 /闪米特语 name (Semitic languages in general)
Czech
2 entries- semitský adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semitský adj (pertaining to the Semites)
Danish
1 entries- semitisk adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Dutch
1 entries- Semitisch adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Esperanto
4 entries- Semida adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semida adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- Ŝemida adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- ŝemida adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Finnish
3 entries- seemiläinen adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- seemiläinen adj (pertaining to the Semites)
- seemiläiset kielet name (Semitic languages in general)
French
2 entries- sémitique adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- sémitique adj (pertaining to the Semites)
Georgian
2 entries- სემიტური adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- სემიტური ენები name (Semitic languages in general)
German
3 entries- schemitisch adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semitisch adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semitisch adj (pertaining to the Semites)
Greek
1 entries- σημιτικός adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Hebrew
1 entries- שֵׁמִי adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Hindi
3 entries- सामी adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- सामी adj (pertaining to the Semites)
- सेमिटिक name (Semitic languages in general)
Hungarian
1 entries- sémi adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Icelandic
2 entries- semískur adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semískur adj (pertaining to the Semites)
Ido
4 entries- Semida adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- Semidala adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semida adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semidala adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- سامی adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Irish
2 entries- Seimíteach adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- Seimíteach adj (pertaining to the Semites)
Japanese
1 entries- セム adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Korean
1 entries- 셈 adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Ladino
1 entries- semetiko adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Macedonian
1 entries- семитски adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- semittisk adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Pashto
1 entries- سامي adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Polish
3 entries- semicki adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semicki adj (pertaining to the Semites)
- semicki name (Semitic languages in general)
Portuguese
4 entries- semita adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semita adj (pertaining to the Semites)
- semítico adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- semítico adj (pertaining to the Semites)
Romanian
1 entries- semitic adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Russian
1 entries- семи́тский adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sèmītskī adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- сѐмӣтскӣ adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Slovak
1 entries- semitský adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Slovene
1 entries- semitski adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Spanish
1 entries- semítico adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Swedish
1 entries- semitisk adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Tajik
1 entries- сомӣ adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Ukrainian
1 entries- семі́тський adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Urdu
1 entries- سامی adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Uzbek
3 entries- semitik adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- som adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
- somiy adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Xê-mít adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Yiddish
1 entries- סעמיטיש adj (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I love Semitic languages.
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Berber isn't a Semitic language.
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An anthropologist wrongly applied the word "Semitic" not just to languages like Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya and Hebrew but specifically to ethnically and culturally Jewish people. More ominously, from 1880 through the Nazi period of German history, racists extended the word "Aryan," which had meant the Sanskrit-Persian language family, to deliberately foster the vile and discredited theory of a so-called Aryan race.
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