Hittite

See also hittite

English

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Etymology

Coined erroneously in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighbouring Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as hasili. It is now known that the Hittites called themselves nesili (“pertaining to the city of Nesa”), hence the less popular alternative name Nesite or Neshite.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɪtaɪt/

Noun

Hittite (plural Hittites)

1. A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

Derived terms

• Hittitologist
• Hittitology

Translations

person

• Armenian: խեթ (hy) (xet’)
• Catalan: hitita (ca)
• Dutch: Hettiet (nl) m
• Finnish: heettiläinen (fi), heetti (fi)
• Georgian: ხეთი (ka) (xet’i)
• German: Hethiter (de) m, Hethiterin (de) f
• Irish: Hiteach (ga) m

• Polish: Hetyta m
• Portuguese: hitita (pt) m and f
• Russian: хетт (ru) (xett) m
• Swedish: hettit (sv) c
• Turkish: Hitit (tr), Eti (tr)

Proper noun

Hittite

1. An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.

Translations

language

• Armenian: խեթերեն (hy) (xet’eren)
• Catalan: hitita (ca) m
• Dutch: Hettitisch (nl) n
• Finnish: heetti (fi)
• Georgian: ხეთური (ka) (xet’uri)
• German: Hethitisch (de) n
• Hittite: 𒉈𒅆𒇷 (nešili)

• Irish: Hitis (ga) f
• Polish: hetycki m
• Portuguese: hitita (pt) m
• Russian: хеттский язык (ru) (xéttskij jazýk) m
• Swedish: hettitiska (sv) c
• Turkish: Hititçe (tr)

Adjective

Hittite (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Hittite people.
2. Of or relating to the Hittite language.
3. Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 BCE.

Derived terms

• Indo-Hittite
• Proto-Hittite

Translations

of or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom

• Catalan: hitita (ca)
• Georgian: ხეთური (ka) (xet’uri), ხეთების (ka) (xet’ebis)
• German: hethitisch (de)

• Irish: Hiteach (ga) (general), Hitise (ga) (language)
• Polish: hetycki m
• Portuguese: hitita (pt) m and f
• Russian: хеттский (ru) (xéttskij)

See also

• Appendix:Hittite Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Hittite
• Category:Hittite language

External links

• ISO 639-3 code hit (SIL).