Complete Definition of "demotic"

English

Etymology
First attested in w:1822|1822, from Greek δημο�ικο� (demotikos) common, vulgar, from Greek δημο� (demos) ''common people."

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

  1. Of or for the common people.
  2. Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.

#:demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient egypt.

  1. Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.

#:demotic Greek

Translations
trans-top|of or for the common people
Hungarian: t|hu|népi, t|hu|népies
trans-mid
Russian: t|ru|на�одн�й|trnaródnyj, t|ru|п�о��она�одн�й|trprostonaródnyj
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trans-top|Egyptian hieratic writing
trans-mid
Russian: t|ru|демо�и�е�кий|tr=d'emotí�eskij
trans-bottom

trans-top|Greek
trans-mid
Russian: t|ru|димо�и�е�кий|tr=dimotí�eskij
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