Meanings
plural Hittites · alternative abbreviation Hitt.
- A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.
alternative abbreviation Hitt.
- An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.
The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]
1920, Carl D. Buck, “Hittite an Indo-European Language?”, in Classical Philology, volume 15, number 2, →DOI, page 185
alternative abbreviation Hitt.
- not comparableOf or relating to the Hittite people.
- not comparableOf or relating to the Hittite language.
- not comparableOf or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 B.C.E.
Origin
- Hittite𒄩𒋾
- Biblical Hebrewחִתִּי
- EnglishHittite
From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי (ḥittî), from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati), perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti. In reference to the Indo-European-speaking people of Asia Minor (as opposed to the Biblical Hittites), this term was first used in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script needed] (ḫattili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 (ne-šu-me-né-eš /nešumeneš/, “people from the city of Nesha”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite.
More words from Biblical Hebrew, Hittite
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حِثِّيّ, حِثِّيَّة
- حِثِّيّ (ḥiṯṯiyy)person
- حِثِّيَّة (ḥiṯṯiyya)person
Catalan hitita, hitita
- hititaperson
- hititalanguage
- hititaof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Chinese Mandarin 赫梯人, 赫梯語 /赫梯语
- 赫梯人 (hètīrén)person
- 赫梯語 /赫梯语 (Hètīyǔ)language
- 赫梯 (Hètī)of or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Czech Chetit, chetitština
- Chetitperson
- chetitštinalanguage
- chetitskýof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Dutch Hettiet, Hittiet
- Hettietperson
- Hittietperson
- Hettitischlanguage
- Hittitischlanguage
Finnish heettiläinen, heetti
- heettiläinenperson
- heettiperson
- heettilanguage
- heettiläinenof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
French hittite
- hittitelanguage
German Hethiter, Hethiterin
- Hethiterperson
- Hethiterinperson
- Hethitischlanguage
- hethitischof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Hindi हत्ती, हत्ती
- हत्ती (hattī)person
- हत्ती (hattī)language
- हत्ती (hattī)of or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Hungarian hettita, hettita
- hettitaperson
- hettitalanguage
Indonesian Het
- Hetlanguage
Irish Hiteach, Hitis
- Hiteachperson
- Hitislanguage
- Hiteachof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
- Hitiseof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Italian ittita, ittito
- ittitaperson
- ittitoperson
- hittitaperson
- hittitoperson
- eteoperson
- ittitolanguage
- hittitolanguage
Japanese ヒッタイト, ヒッタイト語
- ヒッタイト (hittaito)person
- ヒッタイト語 (hittaito-go)language
Māori Hiti
- Hitilanguage
Norwegian hettittisk
- hettittiskof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Norwegian Bokmål hettittisk
- hettittisklanguage
Persian هیتی
- هیتی (hiti)person
Polish Hetyta, Hetytka
- Hetytaperson
- Hetytkaperson
- Chittytaperson
- Chittytkaperson
- Chetytaperson
- Chetytkaperson
- język hetyckilanguage
- hetyckiof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Portuguese hitita, hitita
- hititaperson
- hititalanguage
- hititaof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Russian хетт, хеттей
- хетт (xett)person
- хеттей (xettej)person
- хе́ттский язы́к (xéttskij jazýk)language
- хе́ттский (xéttskij)of or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Spanish hitita, hetita
- hititaperson
- hetitaperson
- heteoperson
- hititalanguage
- hititaof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Swedish hettit, hettitiska
- hettitperson
- hettitiskalanguage
- hettitiskof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Turkish Hitit, Eti
- Hititperson
- Etiperson
- Hititçelanguage
- Hititof or relating to the Hittite people, language or kingdom
Cite this entry
Hittite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hittite
“Hittite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hittite. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hittite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hittite.
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