Aramaic

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Aramaic

adj. pertaining to the ancient land or culture of Aram; of the ancient land of Aram

n. native of the ancient land of Aram

n. ancient Semitic language from which Hebrew and Arabic scripts were derived

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Aramaic language

Aramaic (Aramaya, ) is a family of languages or dialects belonging to the Semitic family. More specifically, it is part of the Northwest Semitic subfamily, which also includes Canaanite languages such as Hebrew and Phoenician. The Aramaic script was widely adopted for other languages and is ancestral to both the Arabic and modern Hebrew alphabets. Accordingly, Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity, spoke the Aramaic dialect during his public ministry.

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Aramaic

Noun
1. a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
(hypernym) Semitic
(hyponym) Biblical Aramaic
2. an 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) Aramaic script
(hypernym) script

Adjective
1. of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
(pertainym) Aramaic

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Aramaic

(n.)
The Aramaic language.

(a.)
Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.

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