n.
Pronunciation: ' hi- ˌ t ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew Ḥ itt ī , from Hittite ḫ atti
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