Hurrian

English

Alternative forms

• Khurrite

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/ (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝ.i.ən/ (accents with the hurry–furry merger)

  • Audio (US, hurry–furry merger):

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• Hyphenation: Hur‧ri‧an

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.

Translations

person

• Armenian: խուռի (xuṙi)
• Czech: Churrita m
• Finnish: hurrilainen (fi), (biblical) horilainen, hoorilainen, (rare) khurrilainen
• Galician: hurrita (gl)
• Georgian: ხურიტი (xuriṭi)
• German: Hurriter (de) m, Hurriterin (de) f
• Persian: هوری (fa) (hurri)
• Portuguese: hurrita
• Russian: хуррит (ru) (xurrit)
• Swedish: hurrit c

Adjective

Hurrian (comparative more Hurrian, superlative most Hurrian)

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

Translations

of or pertaining to the Hurrians, their language or culture

• Armenian: խուռիական (xuṙiakan)
• Czech: churritský
• Finnish: hurrilainen (fi), (biblical) horilainen, hoorilainen, (rare) khurrilainen
• Galician: hurrita (gl)
• Georgian: ხურიტული (xuriṭuli)
• German: hurritisch (de), hurrisch (de)
• Portuguese: hurrita
• Russian: хурритский (ru) (xurritskij)
• Spanish: hurrita (es)
• Swedish: hurritisk

Proper noun

Hurrian

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

Translations

the language of Hurrians

• Armenian: խուռիերեն (hy) (xuṙieren)
• Czech: churritština f
• Finnish: hurri (fi), hurrin kieli
• Galician: hurrita (gl) m
• Georgian: ხურიტული (xuriṭuli), ხურიტული ენა (xuriṭuli ena)
• German: Hurritisch (de) n
• Portuguese: hurrita
• Russian: хурритский (ru) (xurritskij)
• Spanish: hurrita (es)
• Swedish: hurritiska (sv)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hurrian terms
• Hurrian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code xhu (SIL)

References

• Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 49-15 (1949)