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Etymology · Aramaic

ܐܪܡ / ארם

2 English words descend from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם, most common first.

AramaicReferring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.
ArameanAny member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Their homeland is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Aram. They spoke Aramaic.