Meanings
alternative Tinnit
- human sciencesA Punic and Phoenician goddess, the chief deity of Ancient Carthage alongside Baal-Hamon.
“Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”
1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 111 more example
Tanit, the moon goddess, her sacred veil, the zaïmph, and Salammbó are a poetic rendering of a threefold reality, similar to the notion of antiquity concerning the three faces of Diana (Thibaudet 138).
2001, Laurence M. Porter, editor, A Gustave Flaubert Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 320
Origin
- Punic𐤕𐤍𐤕
- EnglishTanit
Of Semitic origin, from Punic 𐤕𐤍𐤕 (tnt). Found in Ancient Greek as Θινιθ (Thinith), Θεννειθ (Thenneith).
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Tanit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanit
“Tanit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tanit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanit.
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