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Ḫaru (Hurrian personal name); rival the Semitic name Ḫayru 'Excellent'

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Reading
Ḫaru
Confidence
Speculative
Root
—
Kind
Personal name
Language
Hurrian
Rank
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Compared forms

  • HurrianNuzi Ḫa-a-ru, [Ḫa]-a-ru(m), f. of Alkiya (NPN 55); element ḫaru, cross-referred to ḫar ‘H.? Anatolian?’, with Ḫa-ru-se-en-ni at Ras Shamra (NPN 214)
  • Eblaiteha-ru₁₂ ḫayruha-ru₁₂ ḫayru ‘excellent’, the rival (Pagan 1998, row 2259); *ḫVyVr- ‘be favourable’

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 9a3DA-RU 4 ¹⁄₄Ḫaru (Hurrian personal name); rival the Semitic name Ḫayru 'Excellent'
  2. HT 49aA-RU 1Hurrian personal name, 1; rival Semitic Ḫayru 'Excellent'

Commentary

HT 9a A-RU 4¼, the last recipient of the wine list under SA-RO · TE · VIN, before KU-RO 31¾; HT 49a A-RU 1 in a name list with TU-SU-PU₂ Tešub. ḫa-ru sign for sign, ḫ unwritten as in E-PA-TU Ḫebat: the Nuzi name Ḫa-a-ru (NPN 55), an element NPN refers to ḫar, ‘H.? Anatolian?’ (NPN 214). Rival: the Eblaite name ha-ru₁₂ ḫayru ‘excellent’ (Pagan 1998, row 2259), which needs the coda y unwritten.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 9a–bHaghia Triada…a-ru
Linear A Lexicon