Elamite

American  

[ee-luh-mahyt] / ˈi ləˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.

2. Also a language of unknown affinities, spoken by the Elamites as late as the 1st century b.c., written c3500–c2500 b.c. in a linear script and thereafter in a cuneiform script.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Elam, its people, or their language.

Elamite British  

/ ˈiːləˌmaɪt /

noun

1. an inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Elam

2. Also called: Elamitic.   Susian.  the extinct language of this people, of no known relationship, recorded in cuneiform inscriptions dating from the 25th to the 4th centuries _bc

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adjective

1. of or relating to Elam, its people, or their language

Etymology

Origin of Elamite

Elam + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The alabaster vase bears inscriptions in four ancient languages: Akkadian, Elamite, Persian, and Egyptian.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

A thousand years later, the Elamite king Shutruk-Nahhunte invaded what had once been Naram-Sin’s territory.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2022

Was I molded and cast by a Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Kassite, Hurrian, Hyksos, Elamite, or by some barbaric genius of the Caucasus?

From Time Magazine Archive

Elamite aid was readily forthcoming, especially when stimulated by bribes, and the Arab tribes joined in the revolt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Various things are then narrated, the most important of them being the episode of the Elamite Ḫumbaba, the same name, though not the same person, as the Kombabos of the Greeks.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge