Hurrian

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Etymology

From Hurrian 𒄷𒌨𒊑 (Ḫu-ur-ri). Falkenstein and Kramer had once connected it to Sumerian 𒄯𒊒𒌝 (ḫur-ru-um /⁠ḫurrum⁠/, a mountain cave, cavern) when it was misidentified as a proper name of a mountain rather than a generic term; see the epic Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave.

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Noun

Hurrian (plural Hurrians)

  1. (historical) A member of an ancient people who lived in northern Mesopotamia and created a powerful kingdom called Mitanni in the 16th-13th century BC.

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Adjective

Hurrian (comparative more Hurrian, superlative most Hurrian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Hurrians or their language or culture.

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Proper noun

Hurrian

  1. The language of Hurrians, neither Indo-European nor Semitic, whose only known relative is the Urartian.

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References

  • Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 49-15 (1949)
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