Assyrian

English

Etymology

From Assur, the original capital city of Assyria.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-sĭrʹē-ən, IPA^(key): /əˈsɪɹi.ən/
• Hyphenation: As‧syr‧i‧an
• Rhymes: -ɪɹiən

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.
3. A member of a traditionally Christian ethnic group originating in the Middle East, who identify as descendants of the ancient Assyrians.

Translations

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Armenian: ասուր (hy) (asur)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ m (āšoraya), ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ f (āšorayta)

  Classical Syriac: ܐܬܪܘܝܐ, ܢܗܪܝܐ, ܣܘܪܝܐ, ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, ܫܘܪܝܐ, ܐܫܘܪܝܐ, ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢܝܐ

• Catalan: assiri m, assíria f
• Danish: assyrer c
• Dutch: Assyriër (nl) m, Assyrische (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: Assyrien (fr) m, Assyrienne f
• Galician: asirio m, asiria f
• Georgian: ასურელი (asureli), ასური (asuri)
• German: Assyrer (de) m, Assyrerin (de) f, Assyrier m, Assyrierin f
• Greek: Ασσύριος (el) m (Assýrios), Ασσύρια (el) f (Assýria)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀσσύριος m (Assúrios)

• Hebrew: אשורי m (ashurí)
• Ido: Asiriano (io)
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• Irish: Aisiriach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrer m

  Nynorsk: assyrar m

• Persian: آشوری (fa) (šuri)
• Polish: Asyryjczyk (pl) m, Asyryjka f
• Portuguese: assírio
• Russian: ассири́ец (ru) m (assiríjec), ассири́йка (ru) f (assiríjka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Asírac (sh) m, Àsīrka f
• Spanish: asirio (es)
• Swedish: assyrier c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Armenian: ասորեստանցի (asorestancʻi)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ m (āšoraya), ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ f (āšorayta)

  Classical Syriac: ܐܬܪܘܝܐ, ܢܗܪܝܐ, ܣܘܪܝܐ, ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, ܫܘܪܝܐ, ܐܫܘܪܝܐ, ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢܝܐ

• Catalan: assiri m, assíria f
• Danish: assyrer c
• Dutch: Assyriër (nl) m, Assyrische (nl) f
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: Assyrien (fr) m, Assyrienne f
• Galician: asirio m, asiria f
• Georgian: ასურელი (asureli)
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• German: Assyrer (de) m, Assyrerin (de) f, Assyrier m, Assyrierin f
• Ido: Asiriano (io)
• Irish: Aisiriach m
• Persian: آشوری (fa) (šuri)
• Polish: Asyryjczyk (pl) m, Asyryjka f
• Russian: ассири́ец (ru) m (assiríjec), ассири́йка (ru) f (assiríjka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Asírac (sh) m, Àsīrka f
• Spanish: asirio (es)

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 characteristic of, or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
   • 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 1, pages 113-114:

     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.

3. Of or pertaining to the Assyrian people.

Translations

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Armenian: ասուրական (hy) (asurakan)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ m (āšoraya), ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ f (āšorayta)
• Catalan: assiri
• Danish: assyrisk
• Dutch: Assyrisch (nl)
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: assyrien (fr)
• Georgian: ასურული (asuruli)
• German: assyrisch (de)
• Greek: ασσυριακός (el) (assyriakós)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀσσυρικός (Assurikós)

• Irish: Aisiriach
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrisk

  Nynorsk: assyrisk

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

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ m (āšoraya), ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ f (āšorayta)
• Armenian: ասորեստանյան (asorestanyan)
• Catalan: assiri
• Danish: assyrisk
• Dutch: Assyrisch (nl)
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: assyrien (fr)
• Georgian: ასურული (asuruli)
• German: assyrisch (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Aisiriach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrisk

  Nynorsk: assyrisk

• Persian: آشوری (fa) (šuri)
• Polish: asyryjski (pl)
• Russian: ассири́йский (ru) (assiríjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: àsīrskī (sh)
• Spanish: asirio (es)
• 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.

Translations

any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܘܼܪܝܼܬ m (surīt)
• French: assyrien (fr) m
• Greek: ασσυριακά (el) (assyriaká)
• Hebrew: אשורית (he) f ('ashurít)

a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪܝܼܬ m (āšorīt)
• French: assyrien (fr) m
• Greek: ασσυριακά (el) (assyriaká)
• Hebrew: אשורית (he) f ('ashurít)

See also

• Babylonian
• Mesopotamian
• Syrian

Anagrams

• Sirayans