Hurrian

//ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an ancient people who lived in northern Mesopotamia and created a powerful kingdom called Mitanni in the 16th-13th century BC. historical
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Hurrians or their language or culture.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of Hurrians, neither Indo-European nor Semitic, whose only known relative is the Urartian.

Synonyms

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hurrite

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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