Definition of Elamitic

1. Noun. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.

Exact synonyms: Elamite, Susian
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elamitic

Elaeagnus commutata
Elaeagnus latifolia
Elaeis guineensis
Elaeis oleifera
Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpus
Elaeocarpus grandis
Elaeophora schneideri
Elagatis
Elagatis bipinnulata
Elaina
Elaine
Elam
Elamite
Elamites
Elamitic (current term)
Elanoides
Elanoides forficatus
Elanus
Elanus leucurus
Elaphe
Elaphe guttata
Elaphe obsoleta
Elaphurus
Elaphurus davidianus
Elastoplast
Elateridae
Elaut's triangle
Elavil
Elazig

Literary usage of Elamitic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"Elamitic Gulf, rich in pasturage. There seems to be a probability, however, that Strabo did not distinguish clearly between ..."

2. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"The decipherment of the older Elamitic inscriptions, successfully inaugurated by Scheil, is not, however, complete. More material will no doubt be ..."

3. Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin: An Historical Study of the Fifth Chapter of Daniel by John Dyneley Prince (1893)
"(Note that the language of Ansan was Elamitic—See Weisbach, ... With reference to the fact that the Elamitic Susa was the seat of the Persian power, ..."

4. A Critical Commentary on the Book of Daniel by John Dyneley Prince (1899)
"... inscriptions has affinity with the Elamitic or Susian language, the people who used the doubtful idiom of the Persian documents were of ..."

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