单词 | Hurrian |
释义 | Hurrian/ˈhʌrɪən![]() noun 1A member of an ancient people, originally from Armenia, who settled in Syria and northern Mesopotamia during the 3rd-2nd millennia bc and were later absorbed by the Hittites and Assyrians.In the second half of the 8th century, Tiglath-Pileser III pushed his frontiers south to the Persian Gulf and north into the heart of Anatolia, defeating the Hurrians and the Hittites....
2 [mass noun] The language of the Hurrians, written in cuneiform and of unknown affinity.We know that the Middle East of 5000 years ago was using a variety of unrelated languages, Hurrian, Egyptian, Sumerian, Elamite, Hittite, and Akkadian, where for the last 1000 years there has been nothing but Arabic and Persian....
adjective Relating to the Hurrians or their language.The charioteers, who bore the Hurrian title mariyannu, were an élite group given special privileges....
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