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.

Translations

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Catalan: assiri m, assíria f
• Danish: assyrer c
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: Assyrien (fr) m, Assyrienne f
• Galician: asirio m, asiria f
• Georgian: ასურელი (asureli), ასური (asuri)
• German: Assyrer (de) m, Assyrerin f, Assyrier m, Assyrierin f
• Ido: Asiriano (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: Aisiriach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrer m

  Nynorsk: assyrar m

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• Persian: آشوری (fa) (šuri)
• Polish: Asyryjczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: assírio
• Russian: ассири́ец (ru) m (assiríjec), ассири́йка (ru) f (assiríjka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Asírac (sh) m, Àsīrka f
• Spanish: asirio
• Swedish: assyrier c

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

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

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 pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.

Translations

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܬܘܪܝ
• Catalan: assiri
• Danish: assyrisk
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: assyrien (fr)
• Georgian: ასურული (asuruli)
• German: assyrisch (de)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: Aisiriach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrisk

  Nynorsk: assyrisk

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

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

• Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܬܘܪܝ

• Catalan: assiri
• Danish: assyrisk
• Finnish: assyrialainen (fi)
• French: assyrien (fr)
• Georgian: ასურული (asuruli)
• German: assyrisch (de)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: Aisiriach
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: assyrisk

  Nynorsk: assyrisk

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

See also

• Babylonian
• Mesopotamian
• Syrian

Anagrams

• Sirayans