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, without the hurry–furry merger) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/ (US, hurry–furry merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɝ.i.ən/ Hyphenation: Hur‧ri‧an === Noun === Hurrian (plural Hurrians) (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 ==== === Adjective === Hurrian (comparative more Hurrian, superlative most Hurrian) Of or pertaining to the Hurrians or their language or culture. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Hurrian The language of Hurrians, neither Indo-European nor Semitic, whose only known relative is the Urartian. ==== Translations ==== === 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)