sharifian

English

Etymology

From sharif +‎ -ian.

Adjective

sharifian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a sharif.
   • 1993, James De Vere Allen, Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon:

     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.

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

     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.

Derived terms

• Sharifian Army