Hittite
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture
noun
(2) The language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
(3) A member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC
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Etymology
Coined erroneously in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighbouring whose language was recorded in discovered texts as . It is now known that the Hittites called themselves , hence the less popular alternative name or .
Adjective
- Of or relating to the Hittite people.
- Of or relating to the Hittite language, An Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch.
- Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 BCE.