Assyrian

Assyrian

English

Etymology

From Assur, the original capital city of Assyria.

Noun

Assyrian (plural Assyrians)

1. (historical) A person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
2. (historical) A citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.

Translations

a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river

Arabic: آشُورِيّ‎ (ʾāšūriyy) Catalan: assiri m, assíria f Finnish: assyrialainen (fi) French: Assyrien (fr) m, Assyrienne f Galician: asirio m, asiria f Georgian: ასურელი (asureli), ასური (asuri) German: Assyrer (de) m, Assyrerin f, Assyrier m, Assyrierin f Ido: Asiriano (io) Irish: Aisiriach m Norwegian: Bokmål: assyrer m Nynorsk: assyrar m

Persian: آشوری‎ (fa) (šuri) Polish: Asyryjczyk (pl) m Portuguese: assírio Russian: ассири́ец (ru) m (assiríjec), ассири́йка (ru) f (assiríjka) Serbo-Croatian: Asírac (sh) m, Àsīrka f Spanish: asirio Swedish: assyrier c

a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia

Arabic: آشُورِيّ‎ (ʾāšūriyy) Catalan: assiri m, assíria f Finnish: assyrialainen (fi) French: Assyrien (fr) m, Assyrienne f Galician: asirio m, asiria f Georgian: ასურელი (asureli) German: Assyrer (de) m, Assyrerin f, Assyrier m, Assyrierin f

Ido: Asiriano (io) Irish: Aisiriach m Persian: آشوری‎ (fa) (šuri) Polish: Asyryjczyk (pl) m Russian: ассири́ец (ru) m (assiríjec), ассири́йка (ru) f (assiríjka) Serbo-Croatian: Asírac (sh) m, Àsīrka f Spanish: asirio

Adjective

Assyrian (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
2. (historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.

Translations

of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river

Arabic: آشُورِيّ‎ (ʾāšūriyy) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܬܘܪܝ‎ Catalan: assiri Finnish: assyrialainen (fi) French: assyrien (fr) Georgian: ასურული (asuruli) German: assyrisch (de) Irish: Aisiriach Norwegian: Bokmål: assyrisk Nynorsk: assyrisk

Persian: آشوری‎ (fa) (šuri) Polish: asyryjski (pl) Portuguese: assírio Russian: ассири́йский (ru) (assiríjskij) Serbo-Croatian: àsīrskī (sh) Spanish: asirio Swedish: assyrisk

of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia

Arabic: آشُورِيّ‎ (ʾāšūriyy) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܬܘܪܝ‎ Catalan: assiri Finnish: assyrialainen (fi) French: assyrien (fr) Georgian: ასურული (asuruli) German: assyrisch (de) Irish: Aisiriach

Norwegian: Bokmål: assyrisk Nynorsk: assyrisk Persian: آشوری‎ (fa) (šuri) Polish: asyryjski (pl) Russian: ассири́йский (ru) (assiríjskij) Serbo-Croatian: àsīrskī (sh) Spanish: asirio Swedish: assyrisk

Proper noun

Assyrian

1. Any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples, particularly Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
2. A dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria.

See also

• Babylonian
• Mesopotamian
• Syrian

Anagrams

• Sirayans