Assyrian

//əˈsiɹi.ɪn//

Synonyms for "assyrian" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(1 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

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Translations

159 translations across 33 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • Ἀσσυριακός adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Ἀσσύριος noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Arabic

4 entries
  • آشُورِيّ adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • آشُورِيّ adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • آشُورِيّ name (any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples)
  • آشُورِيّ name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)

Aramaic

4 entries
  • ܐܫܘܪܝܐ noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ܐܫܘܪܝܐ noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • ܐܬܪܘܝܐ noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ܐܬܪܘܝܐ noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ասորեստանյան adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • ասուրական adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ասորեստանցի noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • ասուր noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries
  • ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • асіры́йскі adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • асіры́йскі adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Catalan

4 entries
  • assiri adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assiri adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • assiri noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assiri noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Czech

4 entries
  • asyrský adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • asyrský adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • asyrština name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)
  • Asyřan noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Danish

4 entries
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • assyrer noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrer noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Dutch

4 entries
  • Assyrisch adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Assyrisch adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • Assyrische noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Assyrische noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Finnish

4 entries
  • assyrialainen adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrialainen adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • assyrialainen noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrialainen noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

French

4 entries
  • assyrien adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrien adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • assyrien name (any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples)
  • assyrien name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)

Galician

4 entries
  • asiria noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • asiria noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • asirio noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • asirio noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ასურული adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ასურული adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • ასურელი noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ასურელი noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

German

4 entries
  • assyrisch adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrisch adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • Assyrisch name (any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples)
  • Assyrisch name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)

Greek

4 entries
  • ασσυριακός adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ασσυριακά name (any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples)
  • ασσυριακά name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)
  • Ασσύρια noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • אשורית name (any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples)
  • אשורית name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)
  • אשורי noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Ido

2 entries
  • Asiriano noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Asiriano noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Irish

4 entries
  • Aisiriach adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Aisiriach adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • Aisiriach noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Aisiriach noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Latin

3 entries
  • Assyriacus adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Assyria noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Assyrius noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • assyrer noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • assyrar noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Persian

4 entries
  • آشوری adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • آشوری adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • آشوری noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • آشوری noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Polish

4 entries
  • asyryjski adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • asyryjski adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • język asyryjski name (any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples)
  • język asyryjski name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • assírio adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assírio noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Russian

4 entries
  • ассири́йский adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ассири́йский adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • ассири́йский name (any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples)
  • ассири́йский name (a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • àsīrskī adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • àsīrskī adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • Asírac noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • Asírac noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asirio adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • asirio adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • asirio noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • asirio noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Swedish

3 entries
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • assyrisk adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • assyrier noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • muAsiriya noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Asur noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ассирі́йський adj (of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ассирі́йський adj (of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)
  • ассирі́йка noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)
  • ассирі́йка noun (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַססיריאַן noun (a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Are there many Assyrian speakers in Australia?

Source: tatoeba (10193535)

The Assyrian student, moreover, has an advantage which the Hebrew student has not; he possesses dictionaries and vocabularies compiled by the Assyro-Babylonians themselves, and these frequently throw light on a word which otherwise would be a “hapax legomenon.”

Source: tatoeba (12172501)

There is a languor in the air which encourages your own, and the poetry of memory is in every drooping flower and falling leaf. The very magnificence of its Assyrian array is touched with the light of imagination: even while you watch it, it passes away as your brightest hopes have done before.

Source: wiktionary

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