Nabataean
noun
a subject of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea.
Nabatean
-
a variation of
Nabataean.
Example Sentences
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Behind it was the vault that once contained almost 2,000 objects of 24-carat gold, gem-ornamented Nabatean funerary figures and ancient jewelry from the Kingdom of Kush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The other, identified by inscription as a native Nabatean deity, is a flat, foursquare limestone upright with what look like stuck-on lips and eyes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
The Camel Site, he said, may have served as a border that signaled the edge of the Nabatean territory.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2018
While the majority of inscriptions found at Hegra are in Nabatean, a Semitic language, some are in Greek, which lingered long after Alexander’s conquest of the Middle East.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010
Ibn-Wahshiyyah, the Chaldean, his Arabic translation of “the Nabatean Agriculture,” 279. account of him and his works, 279 note.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
