aramaic
IPA: ˈɛrʌmˈeɪɪk
Root Word: Aramaic
noun
- 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 the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian empires from the seventh to fourth centuries BC: often called Imperial Aramaic or Official Aramaic.
- The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
- The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Galilean Aramaic.
- The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.
- The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
- The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
- Any language of this family today called Neo-Aramaic, and separated by religion also Judeo-Aramaic and Syriac
- An Aramaean.
adjective
- Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.
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Examples of "aramaic" in Sentences
- A minority argue for Aramaic primacy.
- Aramaic was a lingua franca at the time.
- The emphatic consonants in Aramaic as spoken by.
- The Aramaic used in the film is bit more tricky.
- The Aramaic languages are considered to be endangered.
- They're in aramaic because the city names are in aramaic.
- Modern Aramaic speakers found the language stilted and unfamiliar.
- The cursive is clearly not Aramaic even shown in the wiki for Aramaic.
- There are no Aramaic source texts in evidence for an Aramaic priority.
- Aramaic remained the lingua franca of the Middle East until the time of Islam.
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