Aramaic

//ˌæ.ɹəˈmeɪ.ɪk// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; The language of the Arameans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.
  2. 2
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; The language of the administration in the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian empires from the seventh to fourth centuries BC: often called Imperial Aramaic or Official Aramaic.
  3. 3
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
  4. 4
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Galilean Aramaic.
  5. 5
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.
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  1. 6
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
  2. 7
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
  3. 8
    A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:; Any language of this family today called Neo-Aramaic, and separated by religion also Judeo-Aramaic and Syriac
Noun
  1. 1
    An Aramean.
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix) (compare with Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos, “Aramean”), and the latter with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ic.

Etymology 2

From Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix) (compare with Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos, “Aramean”), and the latter with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ic.

Etymology 3

From Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix) (compare with Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos, “Aramean”), and the latter with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ic.

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