Meanings
alternative archaic Aramaïc
- A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group, including, but not limited to:
- The language of the Arameans 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.
- Any language of this family today called Neo-Aramaic, and separated by religion also Judeo-Aramaic and Syriac
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
nounan alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Aramaicܐܪܡ / ארם
- Aramaicܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא“Aramean”
- Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκός
- LatinAramaicus
- EnglishAramaic
From Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix) (compare with Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos, “Aramean”), and the latter with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ic.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Aramaic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Χαλδαϊστί
- Χαλδαϊστί (Khaldaïstí)the language
Arabic آرَامِيَّة, آرَامِيّ
- آرَامِيَّة (ʔārāmiyya)the language
- آرَامِيّ (ʔārāmiyy)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Catalan arameu, arameu
- arameuthe language
- arameupertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Chinese Mandarin 阿拉姆語 /阿拉姆语, 阿拉姆語的 /阿拉姆语的
- 阿拉姆語 /阿拉姆语 (ālāmǔyǔ)the language
- 阿拉姆語的 /阿拉姆语的 (ālāmǔyǔ de)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
- 阿拉姆的 (ālāmǔ de)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Czech aramejština, aramejský
- aramejštinathe language
- aramejskýpertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Danish aramæisk, aramæisk
- aramæiskthe language
- aramæiskpertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Dutch Aramees
- Arameesthe language
Esperanto aramea
- arameapertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Finnish aramea, aramealainen
- arameathe language
- aramealainenpertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
French araméen, araméen
- araméenthe language
- araméenpertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
- aramaïquepertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
German Aramäisch, aramäisch
- Aramäischthe language
- aramäischpertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Greek αραμαϊκά, Αραμαϊκή
- αραμαϊκά (aramaïká)the language
- Αραμαϊκή (Aramaïkí)the language
- αραμαϊκός (aramaïkós)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Hebrew אֲרַמִּית, אֲרַמִּי
- אֲרַמִּית ('aramít)the language
- אֲרַמִּי ('aramí)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Hindi अरामी, अरामी
- अरामी (arāmī)the language
- अरामी (arāmī)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Hungarian arámi, arámi
- arámithe language
- arámipertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Irish Aramais
- Aramaisthe language
Italian aramaico, aramaico
- aramaicothe language
- aramaicopertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Japanese アラム語, アラム語の
- アラム語 (Aramu-go)the language
- アラム語の (Aramu-go no)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Korean 아람어
- 아람어 (arameo)the language
Latin Aramaica, Chaldaea
- Aramaicathe language
- Chaldaeathe language
- aramaicuspertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Persian آرامی, آرامی
- آرامی (ârâmi)the language
- آرامی (ârâmi)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Polish aramejski, aramejski
- aramejskithe language
- aramejskipertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Portuguese aramaico, arameu
- aramaicothe language
- arameuthe language
- aramaicopertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
- arameupertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Russian араме́йский, араме́йский
- араме́йский (araméjskij)the language
- араме́йский (araméjskij)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Slovak aramejčina, aramejský
- aramejčinathe language
- aramejskýpertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Spanish arameo, arameo
- arameothe language
- arameopertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Swahili Kiaramu
- Kiaramuthe language
Swedish arameiska, arameisk
- arameiskathe language
- arameiskpertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Turkish Aramice
- Aramicethe language
Ukrainian араме́йський
- араме́йський (araméjsʹkyj)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Welsh Aramaeg
- Aramaegthe language
Yiddish אַראַמיש, תּרגום־לשון
- אַראַמיש (aramish)the language
- תּרגום־לשון (targem-loshn)the language
- אַראַמיש (aramish)pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Aramaic
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Aramaic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aramaic
“Aramaic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aramaic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aramaic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aramaic.
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