elamite

• اسم يدل على فرد من شعب عيلام القديم المحارب الذي عاش في عيلام شرق بابل منذ نحو 3000 قبل الميلاد، أو على لغتهم المنقرضة المجهولة القرابة.

A noun referring to a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC, or their extinct language of unknown affinities.

اسم علم

1. Member of an ancient peopleC2formal

   A member of an ancient warlike people inhabiting Elam, east of Babylonia, from around 3000 BC.

   فرد من شعب عيلام

   • The Elamites were known for their conflict with neighboring Babylonians.
   • Elamite artifacts have been excavated from ancient ruins in modern-day Iran.
   • Historians study the inscriptions left by the Elamites to understand their culture.
   • The Elamite kingdom flourished before the rise of the Persian Empire.

2. Extinct ancient languageC2formaltechnical

   An extinct language of unknown language family, spoken by the Elamites in ancient Elam.

   لغة إيلامية

   • Elamite is considered a language isolate with no known relatives.
   • The Rosetta Stone-like bilingual inscriptions helped decipher Elamite.
   • Linguists debate the classification of the Elamite language.
   • Few surviving texts in Elamite have been found from the Achaemenid period.

   المرادفاتelamiticsusian