Nabataei

Latin Alternative forms la Nabathaei Nabatei Etymology Borrowed from la grc Ναβαταῖος, which was borrowed from la arc-nab 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 nbṭw. Possibly cognate with ar النبطي an-Nabaṭī 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 Nabataeī Proper noun Nabataeī<2> m The Nabataeans, ancient inhabitants of Nabataea, a region of Arabia 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. la historical Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan. Declension Nabataeī<2> Related terms la Nabataeus la Nabataea References Search the corpus for this lemma: Nabataeus in PhiloLogic4 concordance (in ancient Greek). ARTFL Project, University of Chicago, viewed December 7, 2025. Nabataea (region) on Pleiades. la Tribes