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/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -iən
Hyphenation: Na‧ba‧tae‧an

Noun

Nabataean (plural Nabataeans)

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

The language of those people.

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Nabatees
Persian: نبطی (nabatī)

Adjective

Nabataean (comparative more Nabataean, superlative most Nabataean)

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

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