Hittite
See also: hittite
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (abbreviation): Hitt.
Etymology
editFrom Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati), perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti.[1]
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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHittite (plural Hittites)
- A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.
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Proper noun
editHittite
- An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.
- 1920, Carl D. Buck, “Hittite an Indo-European Language?”, in Classical Philology, volume 15, number 2, , page 185:
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Adjective
editHittite (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Hittite people.
- Of or relating to the Hittite language.
- Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 B.C.E..
Derived terms
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editof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
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See also
edit- Appendix:Hittite Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Hittite
- Category:Hittite language
References
edit- ^ Lewis, Pereltsvaig (2015): The Indo-European Controversy, p. 118
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editNoun
editHittite m or f by sense (plural Hittites)
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