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HURRIAN — The term Hurrian denotes a language of the ancient Near East and the people who spoke it. The core area inhabited by Hurrian speaking people was the region of the upper Ñabur and Tigris Rivers, together with the piedmont beyond, extending into… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hurrian — /hoor ee euhn/, n. 1. a member of an ancient people, sometimes identified with the Horites, who lived in the Middle East during the 2nd and 3rd millenniums B.C. and who established the Mitanni kingdom about 1400 B.C. 2. the extinct language of… … Universalium
Hurrian — noun Date: 1911 1. a member of an ancient non Semitic people of northern Mesopotamia, Syria, and eastern Asia Minor about 1500 B.C. 2. the language of the Hurrian people … New Collegiate Dictionary
hurrian — ˈhu̇rēən noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an ancient non Semitic people prominent in northern Mesopotamia, Syria, and eastern Asia Minor about 1500 B.C. and regarded by some scholars as identical with the Horites b. : a member of such … Useful english dictionary
Hurrian (disambiguation) — Hurrian may refer to:*The Hurrians, an ancient people of the Near East *The Hurrian language, an extinct language spoken by those people *A fictional god in the Arcanis role playing game … Wikipedia
Hurrian language — Hurrian Spoken in Mitanni Region Mesopotamia Extinct … Wikipedia
Hurrian language — extinct language spoken from the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BCE until at least the latter years of the Hittite empire (c. 1400–c. 1190 BCE); it is neither an Indo European language (Indo European languages) nor a Semitic language… … Universalium
Hurrian — ISO 639 3 Code : xhu ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Ancient … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
Hurrian — [ hʌrɪən] noun 1》 a member of an ancient people who settled in Syria and northern Mesopotamia during the 3rd–2nd millennia BC. 2》 the language of the Hurrians, written in cuneiform. adjective relating to the Hurrians or their language. Origin… … English new terms dictionary
hurrian — hur·ri·an … English syllables
