Sumerian

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Signs in this term
𒄷 𒌷 𒅔 𒄷
Alternative forms of
/ḫurin/
𒄷𒌷𒅔 (ḫu-ri₂-in)
𒀀𒁆𒄷 (a-balag̃mušen)

Etymology

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An ancient Mesopotamian Wanderwort; connected to Akkadian 𒌑𒊑𒅔𒉡 (u₂-ri-in-nu /⁠urinnu⁠/), and potentially Arabic غَرَن (ḡaran), and potentially further a borrowing from Proto-Semitic; see also 𒀉𒄷 (TI₈mušen /⁠arû, erû⁠/, bird of prey) and 𒀀𒊏𒌋𒌋 (a-ra-niš /⁠arāniš⁠/, eagle-like). This is one of the terms of the alleged Euphratic substrate theory, which would give it connections to Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒊏𒀸 (ḫa-a-ra-aš /⁠ḫāraš, ḫāran-⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (eagle). Concurring with the opinion of Pennsylvania State University's Dr. Rubio, the borrowing from multiple languages rather than a specific substratum is now the predominant viewpoint in the field.

Noun

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𒄷𒌷𒅔𒄷 (ḫu-ri₂-inmušen /ḫurin/)

  1. eagle

References

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  • “hurin”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
  • Whittaker, Gordon (2008) “The Case for Euphratic”, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences[2], volume 2, number 3, pages 156–168.
  • 𒄷𒌷𒅔𒄷 (ḫurin)” in ePSD2