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mitanni

/mɪˈtæni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
mi-tan-ni
IPA
/mɪˈtæni/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Hurrian kingdom in northern Mesopotamia from circa 1500 B.C.E., at the height of its power, during the 14th century BC, encompassing what is today southeastern Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒌷𒈪𒋫𒀭𒉌 (ᵁᴿᵁmi-ta-an-ni).

Inflected Forms

Mittani (alternative)

Derived Forms

Mitannian

Phrases

Mitanni-Aryan

Questions

How do you pronounce mitanni?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɪˈtæni/.
What does mitanni mean?
Hurrian kingdom in northern Mesopotamia from circa 1500 B.C.E., at the height of its power, during the 14th century BC, encompassing what is today southeastern Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq.
Where does mitanni come from?
Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒌷𒈪𒋫𒀭𒉌 (ᵁᴿᵁmi-ta-an-ni).

How to pronounce mitanni

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