/nab'euh tee"euhn/ , n.
1. a subject of an ancient Arab kingdom in Palestine that became a Roman province in A.D. 106.
2. the Aramaic dialect of the Nabataeans.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Nabataeans, their kingdom, or their dialect.
Also, Nabatean .
[ 1595-1605; Nabatae ( a ) name of kingdom + -AN ]