[ 'hʌrɪən ]
■ noun
1》 a member of an ancient people who settled in Syria and northern Mesopotamia during the 3rd–2nd millennia BC.
2》 the language of the ~s, written in cuneiform.
■ adjective relating to the ~s or their language.
Origin
Hittite and Assyrian Ḫarri , Ḫurri .