Hasaean

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A Semitic language used in inscriptions found mainly in the great oasis of al-Hasâ, written in a variety of the South Arabian scripts.

Adjective

• Related to the civilization that left the Hasaean inscriptions, that is, to a pre-Islamic civilization that dates to the 8th century BCE in the northeastern part of the Saudi Arabian Eastern Province.

Origin

• From al-Hasâ, the name of the northeastern part of the Saudi Arabian Eastern Province.