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Hittite

Syllables: Hit·tite/ˈhɪ.taɪt/

Hittite noun: a person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

Noun

Hittite (plural Hittites)

  1. A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

Proper noun

Hittite

  1. An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.
    • The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]1920, Carl D. Buck, “Hittite an Indo-European Language?”, in Classical Philology, volume 15, number 2, →DOI, page 185

Adjective

Hittite (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Hittite people.
  2. Of or relating to the Hittite language.
  3. Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 B.C.E.

Hittite meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Arabic

Hittite in Hindi

person
हत्ती hattī
language
हत्ती hattī
of or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
हत्ती hattī

Hittite in Marathi

language
हित्ती hittī

Hittite in Gujarati

language
હિત્તી hittī

Hittite in Arabic

person
حِثِّيّ ḥiṯṯiyy, حِثِّيَّة ḥiṯṯiyya
More languagesFewer languages
Hittite in Indonesian
Het
Hittite in Persian
هیتی hiti

Forms of Hittite

pluralHittites
alternative abbreviationHitt.

Origin of Hittite

From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati), perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti. 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 Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script needed] (ḫattili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 (ne-šu-me-né-eš /⁠nešumeneš⁠/, “people from the city of Nesha”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite.

Words formed from Hittite

Questions about Hittite

What does Hittite mean?
Hittite means a person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.
What is Hittite in Hindi?
Hittite in Hindi is हत्ती (hattī). See Hittite meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Hittite?
Hittite can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Hittite?
Hittite is pronounced /ˈhɪ.taɪt/.
What is the plural of Hittite?
The plural of Hittite is Hittites.

Words near Hittite in the dictionary

  1. hitting upon
  2. hitting with
  3. hitting with the stupid stick
  4. hittingest
  5. hittings
  6. Hittite
  7. Hittites
  8. Hittitological
  9. Hittitologist
  10. Hittitologists
  11. Hittitology

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