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Aramean
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aramean
English
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Alternative forms
en Aramaean
en Aramæan archaic
Etymology
en :bor la:Aramaeus<pos:itself from en grc Ἀραμαῖος> :af -an 1
adap en la:Aramaeus<pos:itself from en grc Ἀραμαῖος> -an.
The Greek itself is a calque of en arc ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא ʾārāmāyā Aramean using grc Ἀράμ f Aram the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria (from en arc ܐܪܡ / ארם ʾarām) grc 1 αῖος<pos:adjective suffix> (compare with grc Χαναναῖος Chananean, from 1 grc Χαναάν<g:f><t:Canaan> -αῖος).
en Aram -ean.
Pronunciation
en /æ.ɹəˈmiː.ən/ RP
en /æɹ.əˈmiː.ən/ GA
en /ɛɹ.əˈmiː.ən/ Mary-marry-merry
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aramaean.wav Southern England
en iən 4
en RP en A ra me an
en GA en Ar a me an
Noun
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.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with en Armenian.
Translations
member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
Akkadian: akk 𒇽𒀀𒊏𒈬 aramu
Arabic: ar آرَامِيّ
Hijazi Arabic: acw آرامي ʔārāmi
Aramaic: arc ארמיא ārāmāya
Classical Syriac: syc ܐܪܡܝܐ
Armenian: hy արամեացի
Azerbaijani: az arami
Catalan: ca arameu m, ca aramea f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿拉米人 Ālāmǐ rén
Czech: cs Aramejec m
Danish: da aramæer c
Dutch: nl Arameeër m
Finnish: fi aramealainen
French: fr Araméen m, fr Araméenne f
Middle French: frm Aramee m
Galician: gl arameo m, gl aramaico m
German: de Aramäer m, de Aramäerin f
Greek: el Αραμαίος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀραμαῖος m
Hebrew: he ארמי m aramí,
Hindi: hi अरामी mf
Hungarian: hu arámi
Ido: io Arameano
Italian: it arameo m, it aramaico m
Latin: la Aramaeus m
Persian:
Dari: prs آرَامِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آرامی
Classical Persian: fa-cls آرَامِی
Polish: pl Aramejczyk m
Portuguese: pt arameano, pt aramaico m, pt arameu m
Romanian: ro arameean m, ro aramean m
Russian: ru араме́й m, ru араме́ец m, ru араме́йка f
Spanish: es arameo m
Swedish: sv aramé c
Tajik: tg оромӣ
Turkish: tr Arami
Ottoman Turkish: ota آرامی arami
Urdu: ur آرامی m ārāmi
Uzbek: uz oromiy
Adjective
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Of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram.
Translations
of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
Akkadian: akk 𒇽𒀀𒊏𒈬 aramu
Arabic: ar آرَامِيّ
Hijazi Arabic: acw آرامي ʔārāmi
Aramaic: arc ארמיא ārāmāya
Armenian: hy արամեական
Czech: cs aramejský
Dutch: nl Aramees
Finnish: fi aramealainen
French: fr araméen, fr aramaïque
Middle French: frm aramee
German: de aramäisch
Greek: el αραμαϊκός
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀραμαϊκός
Hebrew: he ארמי arami
Hindi: hi अरामी
Italian: it arameo
Latin: la Aramaeus, la Aramaicus
Persian:
Dari: prs آرَامِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آرامی
Classical Persian: fa-cls آرَامِی
Portuguese: pt aramaico, pt arameano
Romanian: ro arameean, ro aramean, ro arameic
Russian: ru араме́йский
Spanish: es arameo
Swedish: sv arameisk
Tajik: tg оромӣ
Turkish: tr Arami
Proper noun
The Aramaic language.
Translations
Aramaic
Derived terms
en Arameanism Arameanness
Related terms
en Aram Aramaic Aramaicize Aramaism Aramaist Aramaization Aramaize Aramea Arameo- Arameogram Arameophone
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