Mittani

The name "Mitanni"/"Mittani"

The name of this state has been explained as a derivation with the Hurrian suffix -nni from a stem borrowed from Indo-Aryan, *maita-'to unite', which is cognate with the Sanskrit verb mith (मिथ्; 'to unite, pair, couple, meet'). The name Maitanni thus would mean the 'united kingdom'.