单词 | hurrian |
释义 | Hurriann.adj. A. n. 1. The name of: a widespread non-Semitic people in the Middle East during the second and third millennia b.c., sometimes identified with the Horites. Also: a member of this people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun] > person Idumaeanc897 PhilistineeOE PhilisteeOE Philistianc1375 Midianitea1382 Moabitea1382 Chaldee1382 Scytha1387 Ammonitea1393 Alana1450 Amorite1530 Kenite1535 Scythian1543 Nabatean1555 Illyrian1584 Sabaean1607 Hittite1608 Homerite1613 White Hun1653 Judahite1708 Alarodian1709 Cimmerian1797 Thamudite1833 Himyarite1842 Akkadian1857 Saka1880 Ephthalite1882 Kassite1888 Hurrian1911 Hattian1914 Tarsian1914 Subarian1923 Gutian1928 Urartian1934 Nesite1949 Luvian1961 Eblaite1976 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 182/2 It is clear that Mesopotamia had now a further new element in its population, bearing apparently the name Kharri. 1929 J. Garstang Hittite Empire ii. 34 Eastern Taurus was apparently wholly in possession of the Harrians, whose seat must probably be sought in Armenia itself, possibly in the neighbourhood of Lake Van. 1944 I. J. Gelb Hurrians & Subarians i. 1 Both Hurrians and Subarians, their lands and their languages, are mentioned frequently in the cuneiform inscriptions discovered in the early 19th century during the British excavations at Kuyunjik. 1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) xvii. 713 Soon after 1500 the Harri established themselves for a few brief centuries in Mitanni on the upper Euphrates. 1957 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 156/1 The Hittites..took little part at first in the struggle in Syria between Egypt and the Hurrians. 1960 K. M. Kenyon Archaeol. in Holy Land vii. 182 There are the Ḫurri, who seem to have established themselves on the middle Euphrates at the beginning of the millennium. 2. The language (written in cuneiform) of this people, not known to be related to any other language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > isolates or no known affiliations > [noun] > Hurrian Vannic1882 Khaldian1908 Hurrian1928 Urartian1934 Khaldic1939 Subarian1974 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods 302 Harrian is practically identical with the language of the people of Mitanni. 1930 Dublin Rev. Jan. 9 Hurrian was one of the languages of the eastern part of the Hittite Empire. 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. 380 Khurrian (or Kharrian). B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Hurrians or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective] MidianitishOE MoabitishOE Ammonitea1325 Moabitea1325 Amalekitea1382 Midianitea1382 Amorite1530 Scythian1567 Philistian1569 Sabaeana1586 Scythian-likea1599 Nabatean1614 Philistean1623 Scythic1623 Chaldean1732 Alarodian1737 Philistinian1773 Judahite1797 Philistine1842 Moabitic1851 Himyaritic1854 Akkadian1856 Scythized1861 Cimmerian1862 Idumaean1863 Himyaric1864 Hittite1871 Kassite1894 Hattian1908 Khaldian1908 Kenite1911 Hattic1913 Ephthalite1920 Subarian1923 Hurrian1928 Gutian1929 Saka1958 Luvian1963 Urartian1965 Eblaite1976 the mind > language > languages of the world > isolates or no known affiliations > [adjective] > Hurrian Vannic1882 Mitannian1897 Mitanni1898 Hurrian1928 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods 302 The dominant element in Mitanni was..Indo-Iranian, in origin, but there is no trace of this in the Harrian language. 1929 J. Garstang Hittite Empire ii. 34 North of it[sc. Assyria]..was Alshe, a Harrian dependency. 1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine viii. 183 The Hurrian language was a complex agglutinative tongue, resembling Sumerian or Turkish more closely in structure than either Semitic or Indo-European, but not related to any of them. 1952 O. R. Gurney Hittites i. 26 In 1457 b.c. the Hurrian domination was brought to an end by the victories of Tuthmosis III in his eighth campaign. 1957 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 156/1 The foundation of strong Amorite kingdoms..was followed by the establishment of Hurrian states on the upper Euphrates. 1972 Times 31 Aug. 12/6 David Willstar..succeeded in deciphering the musical notation of Hurrian hymns found on pieces of clay in the French dig at Rash-ash-shamra, dating from 1300 b.c. Derivatives ˈHurrianize v. transitive to make Hurrian in form or character. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [verb (transitive)] Hurrianize1930 1930 Dublin Rev. Jan. 11 Nahmaulel..may be either Hurrianized Semitic, or wholly ‘foreign’—i.e., presumably Caucasian or Hurrian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1911 |
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