Old South Arabian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *bayt- (house).

Noun

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𐩨𐩺𐩩 (byt)

  1. house

Sabaean

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *bayt-. Compare Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum), Arabic بَيْت (bayt), and Hebrew בַּיִת (báyit, báyiṯ).

Noun

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𐩨𐩺𐩩 (byt)

  1. house
  2. village
  3. estate
  4. temple
  5. clan
  6. family
  7. dynasty

References

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  1. A. F. L. Beeston, M.A. Ghul, W.W. Müller, J. Ryckmans (1982) Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic), Multilingual edition, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 34