From Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“line, border”), cognate with Latin ōra (“border, edge”).
𒅕𒄩𒀸 • (er-ḫa-aš /erχas/) c
Beside syllabograms, the Sumerogram 𒍠 (ZAG) was also used.
| Broad transcription | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun¹ | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural |
| nominative | erḫaš | erḫeš, erḫiš |
| vocative | erḫi, erḫa | – |
| accusative | erḫan | erḫuš |
| genitive | erḫaš | erḫaš, erḫan² |
| dative-locative | erḫi | erḫaš |
| allative | erḫa | – |
| ablative | erḫaz(a) | erḫaz(a) |
| instrumental | erḫit | erḫit |
| 1. The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension.
2. Only in Old Hittite. | ||
| Cuneiform script | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural |
| nominative | 𒅕𒄩𒀸 | 𒅕𒄭𒌍, 𒅕𒄭𒅖 |
| er-ḫa-aš | er-ḫe-eš, er-ḫi-iš | |
| vocative | 𒅕𒄩, 𒅕𒄭 | – |
| er-ḫa, er-ḫi | ||
| accusative | 𒅕𒄩𒀭 | 𒅕𒄷𒍑 |
| er-ḫa-an | er-ḫu-uš | |
| genitive | 𒅕𒄩𒀸 | 𒅕𒄩𒀸, 𒅕𒄩𒀭 |
| er-ḫa-aš | er-ḫa-aš, er-ḫa-an | |
| dative-locative | 𒅕𒄭 | 𒅕𒄩𒀸 |
| er-ḫi | er-ḫa-aš | |
| allative | 𒅕𒄩 | – |
| er-ḫa | ||
| ablative | 𒅕𒄩𒊍 | 𒅕𒄩𒊍 |
| er-ḫa-az | er-ḫa-az | |
| instrumental | 𒅕𒄭𒀉 | 𒅕𒄭𒀉 |
| er-ḫi-it | er-ḫi-it | |
| More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration | ||