Meanings
plural Arameans · alternative Aramaean · alternative archaic Aramæan
- Any 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language
nouna member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Aramaicܐܪܡ / ארם
- Aramaicܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא“Aramean”
- Ancient GreekἈραμαῖος
- EnglishAramean
From Latin Aramaeus + -an, with the first component from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos), 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)) + -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix) (compare with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ean.
More words from Ancient Greek, Aramaic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἀραμαῖος, Ἀραμαϊκός
- Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós)of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Arabic آرَامِيّ, آرَامِيّ
- آرَامِيّ (ʔārāmiyy)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- آرَامِيّ (ʔārāmiyy)of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Catalan arameu, aramea
- arameumember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- arameamember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
Chinese Mandarin 阿拉米人
- 阿拉米人 (Ālāmǐ rén)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
Czech Aramejec, aramejský
- Aramejecmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- aramejskýof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Danish aramæer
- aramæermember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
Dutch Arameeër, Aramees
- Arameeërmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Arameesof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Finnish aramealainen, aramealainen
- aramealainenmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- aramealainenof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
French Araméen, Araméenne
- Araméenmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Araméennemember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- araméenof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- aramaïqueof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
German Aramäer, Aramäerin
- Aramäermember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Aramäerinmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- aramäischof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Greek Αραμαίος, αραμαϊκός
- Αραμαίος (Aramaíos)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- αραμαϊκός (aramaïkós)of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Hebrew ארמי, ארמי
- ארמי (aramí)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- ארמי (arami)of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Hindi अरामी, अरामी
- अरामी (arāmī)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- अरामी (arāmī)of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Hungarian arámi
- arámimember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
Italian arameo, aramaico
- arameomember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- aramaicomember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- arameoof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Latin Aramaeus, Aramaeus
- Aramaeusmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Aramaeusof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Aramaicusof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Persian آرامی, آرامی
- آرامی (ârâmi)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- آرامی (ârâmi)of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Polish Aramejczyk
- Aramejczykmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
Portuguese arameano, aramaico
- arameanomember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- aramaicomember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- arameumember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- aramaicoof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- arameanoof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Romanian arameean, aramean
- arameeanmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- arameanmember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- arameeanof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- arameanof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- arameicof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Russian араме́й, араме́ец
- араме́й (araméj)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- араме́ец (araméjec)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- араме́йка (araméjka)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- араме́йский (araméjskij)of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Spanish arameo, arameo
- arameomember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- arameoof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Swedish aramé, arameisk
- aramémember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- arameiskof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Turkish Arami, Arami
- Aramimember of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Aramiof or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Urdu آرامی
- آرامی (ārāmi)member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Aramean
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Aramean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aramean
“Aramean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aramean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aramean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aramean.
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