HITTITE


Meaning of HITTITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhi-ˌtīt ]

noun

Etymology: Hebrew Ḥittī, from Hittite ḫatti

Date: 1608

1. : a member of a conquering people in Asia Minor and Syria with an empire in the second millennium B.C.

2. : the extinct Indo-European language of the Hittites — see Indo-European languages table

• Hittite adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.