Assyrian

English

Etymology

From Assur, the original capital city of Assyria.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-sērʹē-ĭn, IPA^(key): /əˈsiɹi.ɪn/
• 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 person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians.
4. A butterfly of the genus Terinos.

Translations

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Aramaic:

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

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

• Armenian: ասուր (hy) (asur)
• Catalan: assiri (ca) m, assíria (ca) 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 (fr) 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)
• Irish: Aisiriach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrer m

  Nynorsk: assyrar m

• Persian: آشوری (fa) (âšuri)
• 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 (sv) c
• Turkish: Asur (tr)
• Ukrainian: ассирі́єць m (assyríjecʹ), ассирі́йка f (assyríjka)
• Yiddish: אַססיריאַן (assiryan)

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Aramaic:

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

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

• Armenian: ասորեստանցի (asorestancʻi)
• Catalan: assiri (ca) m, assíria (ca) f
• Danish: assyrer c
• Dutch: Assyriër (nl) m, Assyrische (nl) f
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: Assyrien (fr) m, Assyrienne (fr) f
• Galician: asirio m, asiria f
• Georgian: ასურელი (asureli)
• German: Assyrer (de) m, Assyrerin (de) f, Assyrier m, Assyrierin f
• Ido: Asiriano (io)
• Irish: Aisiriach m
• Persian: آشوری (fa) (âšuri)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: ассирі́єць m (assyríjecʹ), ассирі́йка f (assyríjka), ассирі́янин m (assyríjanyn) (rare), ассирі́янка f (assyríjanka) (rare)

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, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Opinions”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, 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.

Derived terms

• Assyrian plum

 

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)
• Belarusian: асіры́йскі (asirýjski)
• Catalan: assiri (ca)
• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrisk

  Nynorsk: assyrisk

• Persian: آشوری (fa) (âšuri)
• Polish: asyryjski (pl)
• Portuguese: assírio
• Russian: ассири́йский (ru) (assiríjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: àsīrskī (sh)
• Spanish: asirio (es)
• Swedish: assyrisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ассирі́йський (uk) (assyríjsʹkyj)

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Armenian: ասորեստանյան (asorestanyan)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ m (āšoraya), ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ f (āšorayta)
• Belarusian: асіры́йскі (asirýjski)
• Catalan: assiri (ca)
• Danish: assyrisk
• Dutch: Assyrisch (nl)
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: assyrien (fr)
• Georgian: ასურული (asuruli)
• German: assyrisch (de)
• Irish: Aisiriach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrisk

  Nynorsk: assyrisk

• Persian: آشوری (fa) (âšuri)
• Polish: asyryjski (pl)
• Russian: ассири́йский (ru) (assiríjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: àsīrskī (sh)
• Spanish: asirio (es)
• Swedish: assyrisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ассирі́йський (uk) (assyríjsʹkyj)

Proper noun

Assyrian

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

Derived terms

• Assyrianness
• Middle Assyrian
• Neo-Assyrian

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