Aramaic

Aramaic

English

Etymology

From Aram, the place settled by Aramaeans; from the Aramaic ארם‎, ܐܪܡ‎ (ʾarām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæɹ.ə.ˈmei.ɪk/

Proper noun

Aramaic

1. A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group including (but not limited to):
   1. The language of the Aramaeans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.
   2. 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. The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
   4. The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Galilean Aramaic.
   5. The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.
   6. The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
   7. The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
   8. Any language of this family today called Neo-Aramaic, and separated by religion also Judeo-Aramaic and Syriac

Related terms

• Aram
• Aramaean, Aramean
• Syria, Syriac, Syrian

Translations

the language

Arabic: آرَامِيَّة‎ f (ʾārāmiyya) Aramaic: Hebrew: ארמית‎ (ʾārāmīt, ʾărammīt) Syriac: ܐܪܡܝܐ‎ (ʾārāmāyā, ʾărammāyā) Armenian: արամերեն (hy) (arameren), արամեերեն (arameeren) Asturian: araméu m Catalan: arameu (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 阿拉姆語／阿拉姆语 (ālāmǔyǔ) Czech: aramejština (cs) f Danish: aramæisk Finnish: aramea (fi) French: araméen (fr) m Galician: arameo (gl) m, aramaico m German: Aramäisch (de) n Greek: αραμαϊκά (el) n pl (aramaïká), Αραμαϊκή f (Aramaïkí) Ancient: please add this translation if you can Gujarati: અરામી (arāmī) Hebrew: אֲרַמִּית‎ (he) m ('aramít) Hindi: आरामी f (ārāmī), अरामी f (arāmī) Hungarian: arámi (hu) Irish: Aramais f Italian: aramaico (it) m Japanese: アラム語 (ja) (アラムご, Aramu-go) Korean: 아람어 (arameo) Manx: Aramaaish f Persian: آرامی‎ (fa) (ârâmi) Polish: aramejski (pl) m Portuguese: aramaico (pt) m, arameu m Russian: араме́йский (ru) m (araméjskij) Spanish: arameo (es) m Swedish: arameiska (sv) c Tajik: арамӣ (aramī) Turkish: Aramice (tr) Volapük: laramey (vo) Welsh: Aramaeg f Yiddish: אַראַמיש‎ (aramish), תּרגום־לשון‎ n (targem-loshn)

Adjective

Aramaic (not comparable)

1. Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.

Translations

pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry

Arabic: آرَامِيّ‎ (ʾārāmiyy) Aramaic: Hebrew: ארמי‎ (ʾārāmāy, ʾărammāy) Syriac: ܐܪܡܝ‎ (ʾārāmāy, ʾărammāy) Armenian: արամեական (hy) (arameakan) Asturian: araméu Belarusian: араме́йскі (aramjéjski) Catalan: arameu (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿拉姆語的／阿拉姆语的 (ālāmǔyǔ de), 阿拉姆的 (ālāmǔ de) Czech: aramejský m Danish: aramæisk Esperanto: aramea Finnish: aramealainen (fi) French: araméen (fr) Galician: arameo (gl), aramaico German: aramäisch (de) Greek: αραμαϊκός (el) m (aramaïkós) Ancient: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: אֲרַמִּי‎ m ('aramí) Hindi: आरामी f (ārāmī), अरामी f (arāmī) Hungarian: arámi (hu) Italian: aramaico (it) Japanese: アラム語の (ja) (アラムごの, Aramu-go no) Latin: aramaicus Persian: آرامی‎ (fa) (ârâmi) Polish: aramejski (pl) m Portuguese: aramaico (pt), arameu Russian: араме́йский (ru) (araméjskij) Sicilian: aramàicu (scn) Spanish: arameo (es) Swedish: arameisk Tajik: арамӣ (aramī) Ukrainian: араме́йський (araméjsʹkyj) Yiddish: אַראַמיש‎ (aramish)

Noun

Aramaic (plural Aramaics)

1. An Aramaean.

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 ⁠

Anagrams

• Macaria, cariama