Chaldean

English

Alternative forms

• Chaldæan (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek

Adjective

Chaldean (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.

Translations

of Chaldea

• Czech: chaldejský
• Danish: kaldæisk
• Greek: χαλδαϊκός (el) m (chaldaïkós)
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• Hebrew: כַּשְׂדִּי
• Irish: Caildéach
• Polish: chaldejski (pl)

of ancient Babylonia — see Babylonian

Noun

Chaldean (plural Chaldeans)

1. A native of Chaldea; a Chaldee.
2. A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
3. (biblical) A diviner or astrologer.

Translations

native of Chaldea

• Armenian: քաղդեացի (kʻaġdeacʻi)
• Catalan: caldeu m, caldea f
• Czech: Chaldejec m
• Danish: kaldæer c
• Finnish: kaldealainen
• French: Chaldéen (fr) m, Chaldéenne f
• Greek: Χαλδαίος m (Chaldaíos)

  Ancient: Χαλδαῖος m (Khaldaîos)

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• Hungarian: káld
• Irish: Caildéach m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Old Armenian: քաղդէացի (kʻałdēacʻi)
• Polish: Chaldejczyk (pl) m, Chaldejka (pl) f

member of the Chaldean Catholic Church

• Armenian: քաղդեացի (kʻaġdeacʻi)
• Danish: kaldæer c
• French: Chaldéen (fr) m, Chaldéenne f
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• Hungarian: káld, káldeus
• Old Armenian: քաղդէացի (kʻałdēacʻi)

Biblical diviner or astrologer

• Armenian: քաղդեացի (kʻaġdeacʻi)
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• Old Armenian: քաղդեայ (kʻałdeay)

Proper noun

Chaldean

1. The Semitic language of the Chaldeans.

Translations

language

• Armenian: քաղդեերեն (hy) (kʻaġdeeren)
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• Czech: chaldejština f

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, cld ⁠
• “Chaldean”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.