Nabataean in Arabic

Arabic words for Nabataean

any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan

نَبَطِيّ nabaṭiyy

English meaning of Nabataean

1. 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.
2. noun Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan.
3. proper noun The language of those people.
4. adjective Relating to the Nabataean people, their kings, art, architecture, religion, language, or script.

Full definition of Nabataean

Synonyms of Nabataean

• Nabathite
• Nabatean

Nabataean in other languages

• Nabataean in Hindi
• Nabataean in Persian

Questions about Nabataean in Arabic

What is the meaning of Nabataean in Arabic?

Nabataean in Arabic is نَبَطِيّ (nabaṭiyy).

ما معنى كلمة Nabataean؟

Nabataean: نَبَطِيّ (nabaṭiyy).

What does Nabataean mean in English?

Nabataean means 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.