Aram

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aram"

English

Etymology

From Latin Aram, from Biblical Hebrew אֲרַם (ʾăram).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɹəm/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.əm/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɚ.əm/, /ˈɛɹ.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: A‧ram, Ar‧am

Proper noun

Aram

2. (historical, biblical) A historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans.

   Synonym: Aramea

Derived terms

• Arama-
• Aramaic
• Aramaism
• Aramaist
• Aramaization
• Aramaize
• Aramea
• Aramean
• Arameanism
• Arameanness
• Arameo-
• Arameogram
• Arameophone
• Aramism

Translations

a Biblical region located in modern Syria

• Arabic: آرام (ar) (ʔārām)
• Aramaic: ארם

  Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡ

• Greek: Αραμαία f (Aramaía)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀραμαία f (Aramaía)

• Hebrew: אֲרָם (he) f (Arám)
• Hindi: अराम (hi) m (arām), आराम (hi) m (ārām)
• Indonesian: Aram (id)
• Latin: Āram gender unattested, Aramaea f
• Māori: Arame
• Persian: آرام (fa) (ârâm)
• Portuguese: Arã m
• Russian: Арам (ru) (Aram)
• Turkish: Aram (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: آرام (Aram)

Further reading

• Aram (region) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rāma, Rama, ARMA, maar, -rama, Mara, amra, mara, Amar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaram/ [ˈa.ram]
• Rhymes: -aram
• Syllabification: A‧ram

Proper noun

Aram

1. (historical, biblical) Aram (a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans)
   • 1985, Alkitab Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari (BIS), Kitab Hosea 12:12:

     Yakub melarikan diri ke tanah Aram, dan Israel memperhambakan diri untuk mendapat isteri, ya, untuk mendapat isteri ia menjadi gembala.

     Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Derived terms

• Aram Kekaisaran

Latin

Etymology

Hebrew אֲרָם (ʾĂrām)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.rãː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ram]

Proper noun

Āram ? sg (indeclinable)

1. (historical, biblical) Aram (a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Arameans)

   Synonym: Aramaea

   • 1728, In Jobum, historiam populi Israelis in Assyriaco exilio, Samaria eversa, et regno extincto‎^[1], page 235:

     Præterea omnes illæ aramææ provinciæ, uti gerunt nomen Aram, Aramææ, ita & in reliquis illis aramææ provinciis nati, appellati ſunt ארם vel ארמי Aramæus.

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   • 1979, Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Prophetia Osee 12:12:

     Fugit Iacob in regionem Aram; et servivit Israel pro uxore et pro uxore custos fuit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• Aramaea
• Aramaeus
• Aramaicus
• Aramaismus

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɾɑːm/

Proper noun

Aram ?

1. a male given name