Editing Mitanni (section)

===Mitanni===
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The earliest recorded form of the name of this state is {{transliteration|inc-x-mitanni|Maitanni}}. This has usually been explained as a portmanteau of the Hurrian suffix {{transliteration|xhu|-nni}} and the Indo-Aryan stem {{transliteration|inc-x-mitanni|maita-}}, meaning "to unite" and comparable with the [[Sanskrit]] verb {{transliteration|sa|mith}} ({{lang|sa|मिथ्}}; {{lit|to unite, pair, couple, meet}}). The name {{transliteration|inc-x-mitanni|Maitanni}} thus meant the "united kingdom."{{sfn|Fournet|2010|p=11}} Paralleling the evolution of Proto-Indo-Aryan {{transliteration|inc-x-proto|máytʰati}}, meaning {{lit|he unites}}, into Sanskrit {{transliteration|sa|méthati}} ({{lang|sa|मेथति}}), the name {{transliteration|inc-x-mitanni|Maitanni}} evolved into the later form {{transliteration|inc-x-mitanni|Mitanni}}, where the stem {{transliteration|inc-x-mitanni|maita-}} had given way to {{transliteration|inc-x-mitanni|mita-}}.{{sfn|Fournet|2010|p=11}}

However, Gernot Wilhelm (1997) and Andrea Trameri (2024) have instead suggested that that ''Maitani'' means "of M(a)itta," the name of "an individual leader (or clan), and not a territory or population."<ref>Gernot Wilhelm (1997: 290), cited by Andrea Trameri (15 October 2024) Trameri, Andrea, (2024). [https://brill.com/display/book/9789004704312/BP000015.xml Kizzuwatna. History of Cilicia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1200 BC)], Brill, p. 206: "The kingdom itself was named after an individual leader (or clan?), and not a territiry or population (Maitani, i.e. 'of M(a)itta'; Wilhelm 1997; 290)."</ref>