Nabataean

Nabatæan English Alternative forms en Nabatean Nabathaean Nabathean Nabathite en Nabatæan Nabathæan archaic Etymology Borrowed from en la Nabataeus Nabataean, which was borrowed from en grc Ναβαταῖος Nabataean, which was borrowed from en arc-nab 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 nbṭw Nabataean. Possibly cognate with ar نَبَطِيّ Nabataean, Nabaṭ, ar أَنْبَاط, and he נבטים nabaṭim Nabataeans, and he נבטית nabaṭit Nabataean (adj.), all of which might be ultimately derived from the same Semitic root, perhaps sem-pro *nabat-, possibly cognate with Akkadian nabāṭu ("to shine brightly"). Pronunciation en /ˌnæ.bəˈtiː.ən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nabataean.wav Southern England en iən 4 en Na ba tae an Noun The ancient inhabitants of Nabataea, a region of Arabia inhabited by the Nabataeans that covers parts of northern Arabia and the Southern Levant, lying between Arabia and Syria, and stretching from the Euphrates river to the Red Sea. During the Hellenistic Period, the Nabataeans were involved in a nexus of trade routes reaching as far as Italy to the west and India to the east, which centered at their city of Petra in what is now Western Jordan near the Negev Desert from before 310 BCE until the Roman conquest in 106 CE. en historical Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan. en Nabathite en Nabatean Translations any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan Afrikaans: af Nabateër Arabic: ar نَبَطِيّ m Aramaic: Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 (nbṭw) German: de Nabatäer Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Ναβαταῖοι m-p nabati, grc Ναβαταῖος m c Hebrew: he נבטים m-p nabaṭim Hindi: hi नबती Japanese: ja ナバテア人 ナバテアじん, nabateajin Latin: la Nabataei p m, la Nabataeus m c Persian: fa نبطی nabati Portuguese: pt nabateu m, pt nabateia f Spanish: es nabateo Proper noun The language of those people. Translations language Afrikaans: af Nabatees Hebrew: he נבטית f nabaṭit Persian: fa نبطی nabatī Adjective Relating to the Nabataean people, their List of Nabataean kings kings, Nabataean art art, Nabataean architecture architecture, Nabataean religion religion, Nabataean Aramaic language, or Nabataean script script. 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: af Nabatees, af Nabateïes Hebrew: he נבטים m nabaṭim Persian: fa نبطی nabatī Portuguese: pt nabateu m, pt nabateia f References Nabaṭ, in Graf, D.F., & Fahd, T. (2012). Nabaṭ. In P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0829 he נבטים nabaṭim נבטים Nabataea (region) on Pleiades. Further reading Arabia Petraea List of Nabataean kings Nabataeans Nabataean Aramaic Nabataean architecture Nabataean art Nabataean religion Nabataean script Petra en Ethnonyms Demonyms Alphabets