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This is the name of Ḥayyān’s father. We don’t know exactly how to pronounce it, but it is Arabic in origin, as is clear from the ending -at. Originally a feminine suffix, this -at is quite common in Nabataean names of both men and women, as in the royal names Ḥārethat (male), ʿObodat (male), and Gamīlat (female).