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Gernot Wilhelm

2001 “Hurritisch naipti 'Weidung', 'Weide' oder eine bestimmte Art von Weide,”
in Thomas Richter, Doris Prechel, Jörg Klinger (eds.), Kulturgeschichten. Altorientalische Studien für Volkert Haas zum 65. Geburtstag, Saarbrücken: Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, pp. 449-453.

     The Hurrian root na(w/v)- is likely to be the one from which Nawar is derived, the term used for the hinterland of Urkesh in the inscription of Atal-shen, the identification as Nagar being unlikely. The geographical name would then mean “Weideland” (pasture grounds), with an iterative suffix -ar (p. 449).

[G. Buccellati – June 2002]