Nabataean

English

Alternative forms

• Nabatean, Nabathean
• Nabatæan (archaic)

Etymology

Latin Nabataeus, Ancient Greek Ναβαταῖος (Nabataîos), ultimately from the same root as Arabic أَنْبَاط (ʔanbāṭ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnæ.bəˈtiː.ən/

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• Rhymes: -iən
• Hyphenation: Na‧ba‧tae‧an

Noun

Nabataean (plural Nabataeans)

1. Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan.

Translations

any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan

• Afrikaans: Nabateër
• Arabic: نَبَطِيّ m (nabaṭiyy)
• German: Nabatäer (de)
• Hindi: नबाती m (nabātī)
• Japanese: ナバテア人 (ナバテアじん, nabateajin)
• Persian: نبطی (nabati)
• Spanish: nabateo

Proper noun

Nabataean

1. The language of those people.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Nabatees
• Persian: نبطی (nabatī)

Adjective

Nabataean (comparative more Nabataean, superlative most Nabataean)

1. Relating to the Nabataean people or their language.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.

Translations

pertaining to the Nabataean people or their language

• Afrikaans: Nabatees, Nabateïes
• Persian: نبطی (nabatī)