Nabataean

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌnæ.bəˈtiː.ən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iən
  • Hyphenation: Na‧ba‧tae‧an

Noun

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Nabataean (plural Nabataeans)

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

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Proper noun

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Nabataean

  1. The language of those people.

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Adjective

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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.

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