Main Entry: Hit·tite

Pronunciation: \ˈhi-ˌtīt\

Function: noun

Etymology: Hebrew Ḥittī, from Hittite ḫatti

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