Aramaic (redirected from Aramaic language)

Ar·a·ma·ic  (r-mk)

n.

A Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but widely used by non-Aramean peoples throughout southwest Asia. Also called Aramean, Chaldean.

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Ara·maic adj.

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Aramaic [ˌærəˈmeɪɪk]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) an ancient language of the Middle East, still spoken in parts of Syria and the Lebanon, belonging to the NW Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family. Originally the speech of Aram, in the 5th century bc it spread to become the lingua franca of the Persian empire See also Biblical Aramaic

adj

(Linguistics / Languages) of, relating to, or using this language

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Ar•a•ma•ic (ˌær əˈmeɪ ɪk)

n.

1. the western Semitic language of the Aramaeans, from c300 B.C. to A.D. 650 a lingua franca in SW Asia and the everyday speech of Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia: supplanted by Arabic.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to Aramaic.

[1825–35; < Greek aramaî(os) of Aram + -ic]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Aramaic - a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia Semitic - a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family Biblical Aramaic - the form of Aramaic that was spoken in Palestine in the time of the New Testament Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian - the language of modern Iraq Mandaean, Mandean - the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans
	2.	Aramaic - an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it Aramaic script script - a particular orthography or writing system
Adj.	1.	Aramaic - of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages

Translations

Aramaic [ˌærəˈmeɪɪk] N → arameo m

Aramaic [ˌærəˈmeɪɪk]

1. n (language) → aramaico

2. adj → aramaico/a