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Hurrian.

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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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/US/ˈhɝ.i.ən/
  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
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/US/ˈhɝ.i.ən/
  1. Of or pertaining to the Hurrians or their language or culture.

Where this word comes from

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.

name/ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/US/ˈhɝ.i.ən/
  1. The language of Hurrians, neither Indo-European nor Semitic, whose only known relative is Urartian.

Where this word comes from

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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