Hurrian

English

Alternative forms

• Khurrite

Etymology

From Hurrian 𒄷𒌨𒊑 (Ḫu-ur-ri). According to Falkenstein, the name is from or related to Sumerian 𐏃𐎽𐎼𐎢𐎶 (Hurrum), a mountain of the Zagros in western Iran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹɪən/

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
• Georgian: ხურიტი (xuriṭi)
• German: Hurriter (de) m, Hurriterin f
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• Persian: هوری (hurri)
• 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
• Georgian: ხურიტული (xuriṭuli)
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• German: hurritisch (de)
• Russian: хурритский (ru) (xurritskij)
• 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
• Georgian: ხურიტული (xuriṭuli), ხურიტული ენა (xuriṭuli ena)
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• German: Hurritisch (de) n
• Russian: хурритский (ru) (xurritskij)
• Swedish: hurritiska

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hurrian terms
• Hurrian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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References

• Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 49-15 (1949)