nabataean

noun

1. a subject of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea.
2. the Aramaic dialect of the Nabataeans.

adjective

3. of or relating to the Nabataeans, their kingdom, or their dialect.

noun

1. a member of an Arab trading people who flourished southeast of Palestine, around Petra, in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
2. the extinct form of Aramaic spoken by this people