Syriac

English thumb|500px|The sixth beatitude (Matthew 5:8) from an East Syriac Peshitta Bible.Tuvayhon l'aylên dadkên blebhon: dhenon nehzon l'alâhâ.'Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.' Etymology en :bor la:Syriacus 1 From en la Syriacus Syrian, from en grc Συριακός Syrian adjective, from grc Συρία [the Greek name for Aram, from an 1 1 grc Ἀσσυρία Assyria] grc 1 -ακός. Pronunciation sĭrʹē-ăk', en /ˈsɪɹiˌæk/, en /sɪraɪək/ chiefly US en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Syriac.wav Southern England en Syr i ac en ɪɹiæk 3 Proper noun s An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically: The language of the kingdom of Osroene. The liturgical language of various churches with roots in the Middle East. Derived terms en Neo-Syriac Syriacism Syriacist Palestinian Syriac Translations language Afrikaans: af Siries Arabic: ar السُّرْيَانِيَّة f, ar اللُّغَة السُّرْيَانِيَّة f al-luḡa s-suryāniyya, ar سُرْيَانِيّ m colloquial Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, syc ܣܘܪܝܐ, syc ܣܘܪܐܝܬ Armenian: hy ասորերեն Azerbaijani: az süryani dili Bulgarian: bg древносирийски Catalan: ca siríac m Cherokee: chr ᏏᎵᎠᎩ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 敘利亞語 Czech: cs syrština f Farefare: gur sirire Finnish: fi syyria French: fr syriaque m f German: de Syrisch n Greek: el συριακά n-p Hebrew: he סורית surit Hindi: hi सीरियाई Hungarian: hu szír Italian: it siriaco m Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr siryanî f Malay: ms bahasa Suryani Persian: fa زبان سریانی zabân-e soryâni Polish: pl syryjski m Portuguese: pt siríaco m Romanian: ro siriacă f Russian: ru сири́йский m Spanish: es siriaco m Swedish: sv syriska c Tajik: tg забони сурёнӣ Turkish: tr Süryanice Uzbek: uz suryoniy tili See also syc Further reading 1 syr syr, a macrolanguage including: syc Classical Syriac aii Assyrian Neo-Aramaic bhn Bohtan Neo-Aramaic cld Chaldean Neo-Aramaic lhs Mlahsö kqd Koy Sanjaq Surat syn Senaya tru Turoyo Noun A speaker of the Syriac language (see above). A member of any of the Syriac churches, but especially the Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church. Translations Syriac speaker Arabic: ar سُرْيَانِيّ m, ar سُرْيَانِيَّة f, ar سُرْيَان collective Armenian: hy ասորի Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Finnish: fi assyrialainen Portuguese: pt siríaco m Swedish: sv assyrier c Syriac Orthodox Church member Arabic: ar Armenian: hy ասորի Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Finnish: fi assyrialaiskristitty Portuguese: pt siríaco m Swedish: sv syrian Adjective - Of, pertaining to, or being the Syriac language, its speakers, or their culture. Derived terms en Syriac Catholic Syriac Orthodox Translations French: fr syriaque Related terms en Syria Syrian Assyria Assyriac Assyrian See also en Aramaic en Aramean Anagrams en acirsy acrisy en Languages Writing systems