Mitanni

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈtæni/

Proper noun

Mitanni

1. (historical) 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.

Derived terms

• Mitanni-Aryan

Translations

Hurrian kingdom

• Armenian: Միտաննի (Mitanni)
• Georgian: მითანი (mitani)
• Hindi: मितन्नी (hi) f (mitannī)
• Hittite: 𒈪𒋫𒀭𒉌 (mi-ta-an-ni)
• Lithuanian: Mitanija f
• Marathi: मितान्नी n (mitānnī)
• Russian: Митанни (ru) (Mitanni)