...A kingdom that flourished in Western Asia from the 9th to 6th centuries BC. At its height, it occupied the entire Armenian Plateau (which now spans Armenia, Turkey, and Iran). In Assyria, the country was called Uruatri or Nairi, but it called itself Biainili, and in the Old Testament it appears as the Kingdom of Ararat. Urartu comes from the Assyrian name. According to the Soviet linguist G.Melikishvili, the language of Urartu is close to Hurrian and belongs to the Hurrian-Uartian family. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kingdom of Ararat" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…前9~前6世紀に西アジアに栄えた王国。隆盛期にはアルメニア高原の全域(現在のアルメニア,トルコ,イランにまたがる)を占めた。アッシリアではこの国のことがウルアトリUruatriまたはナイリNairiとよばれたが,自称はビアイニリBiainili,旧約聖書ではアララト(アララテ)Ararat王国の名で登場している。ウラルトゥはアッシリア名に由来する。 ウラルトゥの言語は,ソ連の言語学者メリキシビリG.Melikishviliによると,フルリ語に近く,フルリ・ウラルトゥ語族に属する。… ※「アララト王国」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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