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Subarian, a. and n.|sjʊəbəˈriːən|
Also Subaraean.
[f. Akkadian Subar(tu ‘Assyria’ + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Subarian people (see below) or their language.
B. n.
a. (A member of) an ancient people of northern Mesopotamia in the 3rd and 2nd millennia b.c., sometimes identified with the Hurrians.
b. The language (written in cuneiform) of this people. Cf. Hurrian n. and a., Mitanni.
1923C. J. Gadd Fall of Nineveh 20 In his own building records Nabopolassar says, ‘I slew the Subaraean, and turned the enemy's land into mounds and ruins.’ Ibid., Throughout these references, it is most probable that the enemy is the same, though described indifferently as Subaraean and Assyrian. 1926― in Revue d'Assyriologie XXIII. 63 The suffix -ia which is in constant use to form shortened names has long been established as a characteristic of Subaraean. 1939[see Papuan n. 2]. 1964G. Roux Anc. Iraq xi. 166 Babylon was attacked by a coalition of Elamites, Guti, ‘Subarians’ (Assyrians) and people from Eshnunna. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia V. 222/3 The Hurrian language, once improperly called Mitannian or Subarian, exists chiefly in four varieties of cuneiform. |