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Hatti

name

Meaning

  1. a region of Bronze Age Anatolia, inhabited by the Hattians and then the Hittites

Etymology / origin

Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒆳𒌷𒉺𒋾 (KURᵁᴿᵁḫat-ti /⁠Ḫatti⁠/). The original source etymon is also attested as Akkadian 𒆳𒉺𒋾 (ᴷᵁᴿḫat-ti /⁠Ḫatti⁠/) and Egyptian x:t-U30-A-qmA-xAst (ḫtꜣ).

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