sharifian

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adjective

Of or relating to a sharif.

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Meanings

adjectivesharifian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to a sharif.

    One might even speak of a sharifian mini-empire, as the Sa'dids took control of the Saharan trade in gold and slaves, for a brief time as far as Timbuktu in East Africa.

    2004, Kirk H. Sowell, The Arab World: An Illustrated History, page 140
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    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.

    1993, James De Vere Allen, Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon

Origin

From sharif + -ian.

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APA

sharifian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharifian

MLA

“sharifian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharifian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharifian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharifian.

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