ARAMAIC — ARAMAIC, an ancient northwestern semitic language spoken (to some extent) to this day. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: ancient aramaic and official aramaic sources syria and its neighboring countries iraq and iran egypt… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Aramaic — Ar a*ma ic, a. [See {Aram[ae]an}, a.] Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aram[ae]an; specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aramaic — aramáic, ă adj. v. a r a m e i c. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: MDN ARAMÁIC s.n. Idiom din familia limbilor semitice, în care sunt scrise o parte dintre cărţile de cult ale evreilor. [< sem. aramaik]. Trimis de LauraGellner,… … Dicționar Român
Aramaic — northern branch of Semitic language group, 1834, from biblical land of Aram, roughly corresponding to modern Syria; probably related to Hebrew and Aramaic rum to be high, thus originally highland … Etymology dictionary
Aramaic — Aramaic is a Semitic language that was originally spoken as far back as the ninth century BC in the Land of Aram, a highland located in the area of modern Syria. Aramaic, a commercial language in the Middle East, was spoken by Jews during the… … Glossary of theological terms
Aramaic — ► NOUN ▪ a branch of the Semitic family of languages, used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the 6th century BC and still spoken in some communities. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to this language. ORIGIN Greek Aramaios of Aram (the biblical name … English terms dictionary
Aramaic — [ar΄əmā′ik, er΄əmā′ik] n. a Northwest Semitic language that was the lingua franca throughout the Near East from c. 300 B.C. to c.A.D. 650: it replaced Hebrew as the language of the Jews, and one of its dialects was spoken by Jesus and his… … English World dictionary
Aramaic — 1. noun /ˌæɹ.ə.ˈmei.ɪk/ A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group including (but not limited to): : The language of the Aramaeans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic. : The language of the administration in… … Wiktionary
Aramaic — The language of the Aramaeans, a Syrian people who migrated into Mesopotamia in the late second millennium b.c. A Semitic tongue related to Hebrew, Aramaic utilized a simple alphabet based on that of the Phoenicians, a maritime people… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Aramaic — /ar euh may ik/, n. 1. Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 B.C. A.D. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Abbr.: Aram Cf. Biblical… … Universalium
