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Qatabanian, a. and n.|ˌkætəˈbeɪnɪən|
Also Catabanian, Kata-, Qatha-.
[f. Qatabān (see below) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the kingdom of Qatabān in south Arabia, or its ancient Semitic dialect or language.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Qatabān; the Qatabanian language. Also Qataˈbanic a.
1926A. Musil Northern Ḥeǧâz 310 It is named after the Catabanian, Esbonitan, and Scenitan Arabs. 1934,1936[see Minæan n. and a.]. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 364 South Arabic is known only from inscriptions (Minaean, Sabaean, Qathabānian, and Ḥaḍramautian) ranging, perhaps, from the eighth century b.c. to the sixth a.d., and by..modern dialects. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet II. ii. 225 The Qatabanian kingdom, with its capital at Tamna‘. Ibid. 226 The South Arabian inscriptions..are generally divided into five groups: The Minaean..the Sabaean..the Himyaritic..the Qatabanic and the Hadhramautic. 1951W. F. Albright in H. H. Rowley Old Testament & Mod. Study (1961) 9 The most archaic South-Arabic dialect, Qatabanian, shows uses of enclitic m more closely parallel to Proto-Sinaitic as deciphered by the writer than does any other Semitic tongue. 1959A. F. L. Beeston Qahtan i. 8 N is the twelfth letter of the Qatabanian alphabet. Ibid. 12 And when the overseer of śmr announces that he desires Qatabanians to make (trading) journeys among the tribes,..then Qatabanians may trade on their own account with the tribes. 1971B. Doe Southern Arabia i. 22 It is possible to note that the languages of the Minaeans, Sabaeans, Qatabanians and Ḥaḍramaut were similar but with differing dialects. Ibid. ii. 70 The Qatabanian kingdom was for centuries a neighbour south-west of Saba', and the capital city was Timna῾, now also known as Hajar Quḥlan (Koḥlān) in the Wadi Baihān. 1973A. K. Irvine in D. J. Wiseman Peoples Old Testament Times xii. 299 The apparent relationships of the South Arabian languages may suggest that while Minaean, Qatabanian, and Ḥaḍrami could have a north-eastern origin, Sabaean came rather from Central or North Arabia. |