Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurrian

/ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: Hur-ri-an
IPA: /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an ancient people who lived in northern Mesopotamia and created a powerful kingdom called Mitanni in the 16th-13th century BC.

adj

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

name

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

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.

Origin

Source language: Sumerian

Word Breakdown

Root: 𒄷𒌨𒊑, 𒄯𒊒𒌝

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/
British English: /ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/

Inflected Forms

Hurrians (plural) Khurrite (alternative) more Hurrian (comparative) most Hurrian (superlative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Hurrian terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Hurrian terms xhu

Questions

How do you pronounce hurrian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/.
What does hurrian mean?: A member of an ancient people who lived in northern Mesopotamia and created a powerful kingdom called Mitanni in the 16th-13th century BC.
Where does hurrian come from?: It is traced to Sumerian.

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