Imperial Aramaic

English

Etymology

Designated imperial for the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires.

Proper noun

Imperial Aramaic

1. (broad sense: sociolinguistics) The chronolect of the Aramaic language (mid-8th century–late 4th century BCE), intermediate between Old Aramaic and Middle Aramaic, that was used as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire (from the reign of King Tiglath-Pileser III [r. 745–727 BCE] onward), the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, until the latter’s conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.

   Synonyms: Official Aramaic, Standard Aramaic

2. (narrow sense: dialectology) The Imperial Aramaic of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE) only.

   Synonyms: Achaemenid Aramaic, Egyptian Aramaic

   Coordinate terms: Neo-Assyrian Aramaic, Neo-Babylonian Aramaic

Hyponyms

• Biblical Aramaic

Translations

chronolect of Aramaic (745–330 BC) used by the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires

• Aramaic: 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀 (ʾĀrāmāyā)
• Dutch: Rijksaramees n
• German: Reichsaramäisch n
• Indonesian: bahasa Aram Kekaisaran, bahasa Aram Baku Kuno (literally “Ancient Standard language of Aram”)
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} reo emepaea Aramaic

Imperial Aramaic of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) only

Further reading

• Imperial Aramaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-2 code arc [1], ISO 639-3 code arc (SIL)