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Hittite

Hittite

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English

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Noun

Hittite ‎(plural Hittites)

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

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Proper noun

Hittite

  1. An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.

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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 BCE.

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  • Appendix:Hittite Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Hittite
  • Category:Hittite language

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Italian

Adjective

hittite

  1. feminine plural of hittita

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי, from Hittite 𒄩𒋾[translit?].

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] ‎(ḫašili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒅆𒇷 ‎(nešili, “pertaining to the city of Nesa”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪtaɪt/

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