Hittite

hittite English Alternative forms en Hitt. abbreviation Etymology From en hbo חִתִּי ḥittî, from en hit 𒄩𒋾 ḫati, perhaps ultimately an exonym related to en Hatti.Lewis, Pereltsvaig (2015): The Indo-European Controversy, p. 118 In reference to the Indo-European-speaking people of Asia Minor (as opposed to the Biblical Hittites), this term was first used in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring en Hattites (en Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as hit ḫattili. It is now known that the Hittites called themselves hit 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 ne-šu-me-né-eš nešumeneš people from the city of Nesha, hence the much less used alternative name en Nesite or en Neshite. Pronunciation en /ˈhɪ.taɪt/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-Hittite.wav UK en Hit tite Noun A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia. Derived terms Hieroglyphic Hittite en Hittitologist en Hittitology Translations person Arabic: ar حِثِّيّ m, ar حِثِّيَّة Armenian: hy խեթ, hy քետացի Biblical Hittite Catalan: ca hitita Cherokee: chr ᎠᎯᏗ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 赫梯人 hètīrén Coptic: cop ⲭⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ Czech: cs Chetit m Dutch: nl Hettiet m, nl Hittiet m Finnish: fi heettiläinen, fi heetti Galician: gl hitita m f Georgian: ka ხეთი German: de Hethiter m, de Hethiterin f Hindi: hi हत्ती m f Hungarian: hu hettita m f Irish: ga Hiteach m Italian: it ittita m, it ittito m, it hittita m, it hittito m, it eteo m Japanese: ja ヒッタイト hittaito Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr hîtît m f Norwegian: Nynorsk: nn hettitt m Persian: fa هیتی hiti Polish: pl Hetyta m, pl Hetytka f, pl Chittyta m, pl Chittytka f, pl Chetyta m, pl Chetytka f Portuguese: pt hitita m f Russian: ru хетт m, ru хеттей Biblical Hittite Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Хетит m Latin: sh Hetit m Spanish: es hitita, es hetita, es heteo Swedish: sv hettit c Turkish: tr Hitit, tr Eti Proper noun An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC. en 1920 15 2 Classical Philology (journal) Classical Philology Hittite an Indo-European Language? Carl Darling Buck Carl D. Buck 185 10.1086/360279 The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted to the Austrian scholar Bedřich Hrozný Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results Translations language Armenian: hy խեթերեն Catalan: ca hitita m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 赫梯語 Hètīyǔ Czech: cs chetitština f Dutch: nl Hettitisch n, nl Hittitisch n Faroese: fo hittittiskt n Finnish: fi heetti French: fr hittite m Galician: gl hitita m Georgian: ka ხეთური, ka ხეთური ენა German: de Hethitisch n Gujarati: gu હિત્તી Hindi: hi हत्ती Hittite: hit 𒌷𒉌𒅆𒇷 nišili Hungarian: hu hettita Indonesian: id Het Irish: ga Hitis f Italian: it ittito m, it hittito m Japanese: ja ヒッタイト語 hittaito-go Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr hîtîtî f Māori: mi Hiti Marathi: mr हित्ती Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hettittisk Nynorsk: nn hettittisk m Polish: pl język hetycki m Portuguese: pt hitita m Russian: ru хе́ттский язы́к m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh хетитски m Latin: sh hetitski m Spanish: es hitita m Swedish: sv hettitiska c Tatar: tt Хетт Turkish: tr Hititçe Adjective - Of or relating to the Hittite people. Of or relating to the Hittite language. Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 Derived terms en Indo-Hittite Neo-Hittite post-Hittite Proto-Hittite Translations of or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom Catalan: ca hitita Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 赫梯 Hètī Coptic: cop ⲭⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ Czech: cs chetitský Faroese: fo hittittiskur Finnish: fi heettiläinen Georgian: ka ხეთური, ka ხეთების German: de hethitisch Hindi: hi हत्ती Irish: ga Hiteach general, ga Hitise language Norwegian: no hettittisk Polish: pl hetycki Portuguese: pt hitita m f Russian: ru хе́ттский Spanish: es hitita Swedish: sv hettitisk Turkish: tr Hitit See also Category:Hittite language References Further reading 1 hit en Ancient Near East Extinct languages Languages French Pronunciation Noun mfbysense en Hittite