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Elamite

Elamite

1 9.9
A person from the ancient people who lived in southwest Iran
  • noun
  • /ˈiːləˌmaɪt/
: elamita
  • So here we have an Elamite noble on the floor, wounded with arrows.

Examples

  • The artifacts displayed in the museum belonged to an Elamite civilization that thrived over 4,000 years ago.

  • Researchers discovered inscriptions written in Elamite on ancient tablets during the archaeological dig.

  • As a historian, she specializes in the culture and achievements of the Elamite people of ancient Persia.

Compounds

Elamite language
9.9

A language no longer spoken in what is now southwestern Iran

Surface Forms

Elamite singular
Elamites plural

Morphology

Elamite = Elam (transparent) = Elam + ite

Formed from the place name 'Elam' plus the productive demonym suffix '-ite', denoting a person from Elam.

Etymology

Elamite comes from the place name Elam and the ending -ite meaning 'person from a place', as in Israelite, so an Elamite is someone 'from Elam', the ancient people who lived east of Babylonia.