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Hattic, a.|ˈhætɪk|
Also Kh-.
[f. Assyrian and Hittite Hatti + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to the Hatti or their language, formerly regarded as conterminous with the Hittites, now as a section of them. Hence as n., their language. So ˈHattian n. and a. a. One of the race of Hatti or their language. b. = Hattic adj. above. ˈHattism, the social and political system of the Hatti.
[1874Trans. Soc. Bibl. Arch. III. 245 The king of the Khati. 1880Cheyne in Encycl. Brit. XII. 25/1 Hittites, a warlike and powerful nation... In the Egyptian inscriptions they are called the Khita or Kheta; in the Assyrian, the Khatti; in the Hebrew Scriptures, the Khittim.] 1924D. G. Hogarth in Cambr. Anc. Hist. II. 253 Boghaz Keui..is the site of the Hattic capital. 1926― Kings of Hittites 3 The Hittite civilization of Hamath was but an outlier of ‘Hattism’, advanced southward along a trunk-road. Ibid. 8 Have any remains been revealed which manifestly are Cappadocian Hattic, wholly or in part? 1928C. Dawson Age of Gods 302 The official language of the empire has been named by its discoverers Nashili or Kanesian; but since the ruling people have always been known as the Hittites, it seems better to retain the same name for their language and to describe the native Hattic tongue as Old Hittite. 1929J. Garstang Hittite Empire ii. 39 The suggestion of language..would seem to indicate an original movement or series of movements from or affecting the Caucasian area, which at the same time peopled Armenia, northern Mesopotamia, and Elam, and won for the Hattians and other Hittite tribes a footing on the eastern mountains and plateau of Asia Minor. Ibid. 40 The Hattians themselves were an inland and not a seafaring people. 1933E. H. Sturtevant Compar. Gram. Hittite Lang. i. 29 Fortunately our use of the biblical name Hittite leaves the ancient stem free for use in its original sense; we shall call the predecessor language Hattic. 1952O. R. Gurney Hittites ii. 64 The original (Hattian?) form of the name. Ibid. 69 This conclusion agrees well with the linguistic evidence, according to which a group of Indo-European immigrants became dominant over an aboriginal race of ‘Hattians’. 1958Archivum Linguisticum X. ii. 82 Bilinguals whose native language was Hattic. 1963Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Feb. 72/3 The fully prehistoric ‘Hattian’ period. |