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aram ilich khachaturian |
aram kachaturian |
aram khachaturian |
aramæan |
aramaean |
aramaic
| aramaic script
| aramaism
| arame
| aramean
| aramus
aramaic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aramaic has 2 senses
- aramaic(n = noun.communication) Array - a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia; Array is a kind of semitic
- aramaic(n = noun.communication) aramaic script - 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; Array is a kind of script
has particulars: biblical aramaic, assyrian, assyrian neo-aramaic, mandaean, mandean
Derived form adjective aramaic1
Adjective aramaic has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
aramaic, a. [See Aramæan, a.].
Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aramaic, n. & adj.
--n. a branch of the Semitic family of languages, esp. the language of Syria used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the sixth century BC, later dividing into varieties one of which included Syriac and Mandaean.
--adj. of or in Aramaic.
--n. a branch of the Semitic family of languages, esp. the language of Syria used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the sixth century BC, later dividing into varieties one of which included Syriac and Mandaean.
--adj. of or in Aramaic.
Etymology
L Aramaeus f. Gk Aramaios of Aram (bibl. name of Syria)
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