/hudarlatt(i)-/, SERVUS-la/i-ti-

This lexeme is attested three times in inscriptions from Karkamiš, Tabal and Maraş, dating from the late 9^th or early 8^th to the late 8^th century BCE.

[A.P.]

The general meaning of this word is clear, as it belongs to the family around HLuw. /hudarl(i)-/ ‘servant’ and denotes a hierarchically lower person in their relation to a higher-ranking one (cf. Hawkins 2000a:126). This can be observed in the context of KIRŞEHİR, §1: á-sa₅-za-a-wa/i DOMINUS-[ni-i] á-mi-i tu-wa/i-ti-ia SERVUS-la/i-ti-sa-wa/i tu-wa/i-sà ^[I]mu-wa/i-ta-li-i-sá (LOQUI)ha+ra/i-i-ti, approx. /assazza=wa nanni ammi Tuwattiya hudarlattis=wa tuwis Muwatallis haditti/, translating as ‘Say to my master Tuwatti: your subordinate (?) Muwatalli proclaims: …’ (cf. Akdoğan & Hawkins 2010a:4f.). However, the exact denotation is difficult to pin down, because the word is also used to indicate a person’s relationship to a deity (usually the realm of the noun /hudarl(i)-/ ‘servant’, see the attestation in KÜRTÜL, §1), and in another inscription for the relationship of a population(?) with its king (KARKAMIŠ A6, §7).

[AH.B.]

The word is a common gender noun subject to i-mutation, as becomes clear from the attested forms. It is a derivation in /-aT(i)-/ from the noun HLuw. /hudarl(i)-/ ‘servant’ (see e.g. Yakubovich 2015b:6.2).

[AH.B.]