Aramaic
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ARAMAICCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ARAMAIC Aramaicus, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ARAMAIC Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós), itself a calque of AramaicCategory:English terms derived from Aramaic#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 AramaicCategory:English terms derived from Aramaic#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 + -icCategory:English terms suffixed with -ic#ARAMAIC.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.ɹəˈmeɪ.ɪk/Category:English 4-syllable words#ARAMAICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAMAIC
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæɹ.əˈmeɪ.ɪk/Category:English 4-syllable words#ARAMAICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAMAIC
- Rhymes: -eɪɪkCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪɪk#ARAMAICCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪɪk/4 syllables#ARAMAIC
- (Received Pronunciation) Hyphenation: A‧ra‧ma‧ic
- (Received Pronunciation) Hyphenation: Ar‧a‧ma‧ic
Proper noun
AramaicCategory:English lemmas#ARAMAICCategory:English proper nouns#ARAMAICCategory:English uncountable nouns#ARAMAICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARAMAICCategory:Pages with entries#ARAMAICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ARAMAIC
- 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.
- 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.
- The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
- The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Galilean Aramaic.
- The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.
- The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
- The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
- Any language of this family today called Neo-Aramaic, and separated by religion also Judeo-Aramaic and Syriac
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Achaemenid Aramaic
- Biblical Aramaic
- Christian Palestinian Aramaic
- Classical Aramaic
- Egyptian Aramaic
- Galilean Aramaic
- Imperial Aramaic
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
- Jewish Literary Aramaic
- Judean Aramaic
- Judeo-Aramaic
- Late Aramaic
- Melkite Aramaic
- Middle Aramaic
- Modern Aramaic
- Neo-Aramaic
- Neo-Assyrian Aramaic
- Neo-Babylonian Aramaic
- Official Aramaic
- Old Aramaic
- Qumran Aramaic
- Standard Aramaic
- Syro-Aramaic
- Syropalestinian Aramaic
- Western Aramaic
Translations
Adjective
Aramaic (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#ARAMAICCategory:English adjectives#ARAMAICCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#ARAMAICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARAMAICCategory:Pages with entries#ARAMAICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ARAMAIC
Derived terms
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Noun
Aramaic (plural Aramaics)Category:English lemmas#ARAMAICCategory:English nouns#ARAMAICCategory:English countable nouns#ARAMAICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARAMAICCategory:Pages with entries#ARAMAICCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ARAMAIC
- An Aramean.
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Related terms
See also
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, aii
- Ethnologue entry for Bohtan Neo-Aramaic, bhn
- Ethnologue entry for Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic, bjf
- Ethnologue entry for Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, cld
- Ethnologue entry for Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, tmr
- Ethnologue entry for Western Neo-Aramaic, amw
- Ethnologue entry for Samaritan Aramaic, sam
