Nabataean

• Nabatean, Nabathean
• Nabatæan (archaic)

Latin Nabataeus, Ancient Greek Ναβαταῖος (Nabataîos), ultimately from the same root as Arabic أَنْبَاط (ʔanbāṭ)

• IPA^(key): /ˌnæ.bəˈtiː.ən/

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• Rhymes: -iən
• Hyphenation: Na‧ba‧tae‧an

Nabataean (plural Nabataeans)

1. Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan.

Nabataean

1. The language of those people.

Nabataean (comparative more Nabataean, superlative most Nabataean)

1. Relating to the Nabataean people or their language.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.