Nabataean

or Nab·a·te·an

[ nab-uh-tee-uhn ]

noun
  1. a subject of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea.

  2. the Aramaic dialect of the Nabataeans.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Nabataeans, their kingdom, or their dialect.

Origin of Nabataean

1
1595–1605; <Latin Nabatae(a) name of kingdom + -an

Words Nearby Nabataean

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How to use Nabataean in a sentence

  • He laughed at the little beggars, and then a Nabataean took them to be sold at Clysma to a merchant from Rome.

    Homo Sum, Complete | Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for Nabataean

Nabataean

Nabatean

/ (ˌnæbəˈtiːən) /


noun
  1. a member of an Arab trading people who flourished southeast of Palestine, around Petra, in the Hellenistic and Roman periods

  2. the extinct form of Aramaic spoken by this people

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