Aramaic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

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
• Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures
• Syria, Syriac, Syrian
• Western Aramaic

Translations

the language

• Arabic: آرَامِيَّة‎ f (ʔārāmiyya)
• 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
• 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 (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)
• 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 (sv)
• 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