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Qatnean

Qatnean adjective: of or relating to Qatna.

Adjective

Qatnean (comparative more Qatnean, superlative most Qatnean)

  1. (historical) Of or relating to Qatna
    • Qatnean messengers brought the king by mistake a tablet intended for my lord […]2010, Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, page 21
    • In the letter EA 55 Akizzi reports about the fate of a town defended by Qatnean troops: […]2015, Gernot Wilhelm, “Suppiluliuma and the Decline of the Mittanian Kingdom”, in Peter Pfälzner, Michel Al-Maqdissi, editors, Qaṭna and the Network of Bronze Age Globalism, page 76

Noun

Qatnean (plural Qatneans)

  1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of Qatna
    • […] the Qatnean, (my) vassal.1972, Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, page 91
    • […] the Qatneans […]2010, Reading and Writing in Babylon, page 138

Forms of Qatnean

Adjective
comparativemore Qatnean
superlativemost Qatnean
Noun
pluralQatneans

Origin of Qatnean

Qatna + -ean

Questions about Qatnean

What does Qatnean mean?
Qatnean means of or relating to Qatna.
What part of speech is Qatnean?
Qatnean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Qatnean in the dictionary

  1. qathet
  2. qathet Regional District
  3. Qatifi
  4. Qatifis
  5. Qatna
  6. Qatnean
  7. Qatneans
  8. qats
  9. Qatur
  10. QAU
  11. Qaujimajatuqangit

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