Syriologist

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/sɪɹiˈɒlədʒɪst/

noun

Synonym of Syriacist.

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nounSyriologist (plural Syriologists)

plural Syriologists

  1. Synonym of Syriacist.

    In our times Arthur Vööbus, the greatest living Syriologist, has concluded [...]

    1981, Colloque international sur les textes de Nag Hammadi, page 245
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    Of Oriental languages he studied with great zeal in addition to Arabic and Persian, chiefly Syriac, under the direction of Bernstein, the best Syriologist of his time.

    1894, The Jewish Quarterly Review, page 4

    The translatability of Greek into Syriac is highly problematic. Sebastian Brock, the well-known Syriologist, has noted [...]

    2013, How We Got the New Testament

    Synonyms: Syriacist

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nounSynonym of Syriacist.

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Origin

  1. Akkadian𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr)
  2. Akkadian𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu)
  3. Ancient GreekἈσσυρία (Assuría)aph.
  4. Ancient GreekΣῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā)
  5. LatinSyria
  6. Middle EnglishSirie
  7. EnglishSyria
  8. EnglishSyrio-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  12. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  13. EnglishSyriologist

From Syrio- + -logist.

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APA

Syriologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Syriologist

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“Syriologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Syriologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Syriologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Syriologist.

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