Aramaic

See also: Aramaïc

English

Alternative forms

• Aramaïc (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós), itself a calque of 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 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 +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.ɹəˈmeɪ.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹ.əˈmeɪ.ɪk/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹ.əˈmeɪ.ɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪɪk
• (Received Pronunciation) Hyphenation: A‧ra‧ma‧ic
• (Received Pronunciation) Hyphenation: Ar‧a‧ma‧ic

Proper noun

Aramaic

2. A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:
   1. The language of the Arameans 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

Synonyms

• (dated) Chaldee

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

the language

• Arabic: آرَامِيَّة f (ʔārāmiyya)

  Hijazi Arabic: آرامي m (ʔārāmi)

• 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 (zh) (ālāmǔyǔ)

• Czech: aramejština (cs) f
• Danish: aramæisk
• Dutch: Aramees (nl) n
• Farefare: Aramnɛ
• 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)
• Manchu: ᠠᡵᠠᠮ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (aram gisun)
• Manx: Aramaaish f
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: آرامی (fa) (ârâmi)
• Pohnpeian: Aramaik
• Polish: aramejski (pl) m
• Portuguese: aramaico (pt) m, arameu m
• Russian: араме́йский (ru) m (araméjskij)
• Spanish: arameo (es) m
• Swahili: Kiaramu
• Swedish: arameiska (sv) c
• Tajik: оромӣ (oromi)
• 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.

Derived terms

• Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures

Translations

pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry

• Arabic: آرَامِيّ (ʔārāmiyy)
• 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), aramaïque
• 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
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: آرامی (fa) (ârâmi)
• Polish: aramejski (pl) m
• Portuguese: aramaico (pt), arameu
• Russian: араме́йский (ru) (araméjskij)
• Sicilian: aramàicu (scn)
• Spanish: arameo (es)
• Swedish: arameisk (sv)
• Tajik: оромӣ (oromi)
• Ukrainian: араме́йський (araméjsʹkyj)
• Yiddish: אַראַמיש (aramish)

Noun

Aramaic (plural Aramaics)

1. An Aramean.

Translations

Aramean — see Aramean

Related terms

• Aram
• Arama-
• Aramaism
• Aramaist
• Aramaization
• Aramaize
• Aramea
• Aramean
• Arameo-
• Arameogram
• Arameophone

See also

• Syria, Syriac, Syrian

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