Nabataean
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Etymology[edit]
Latin Nabataeus, Ancient Greek Ναβαταῖος (Nabataîos), ultimately from the same root as Arabic أَنْبَاط (ʔanbāṭ)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Nabataean (plural Nabataeans)
- Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan.
Translations[edit]
any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan
Proper noun[edit]
Nabataean
- The language of those people.
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Adjective[edit]
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)[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.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
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