adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
Aramean
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Received-Pronunciation: /æ.ɹəˈmiː.ən/
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General-American: /æɹ.əˈmiː.ən/
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/ɛɹ.əˈmiː.ən/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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rhymes with -iən
name
Meaning 2
The Aramaic language.
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Aramaean
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noun
Meaning 5
a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Aramaean
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Broader terms: Semite
History
Etymology
From Latin Aramaeus + -an, with the first component from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix) (compare with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ean.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Akkadian: 𒇽𒀀𒊏𒈬 (/aramu/) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Arabic: آرَامِيّ (ʔārāmiyy) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Arabic: آرامي (ʔārāmi) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Aramaic: ארמיא (ārāmāya) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Armenian: արամեական (arameakan) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Czech: aramejský — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Dutch: Aramees — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Finnish: aramealainen — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- French: araméen — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- French: aramaïque — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Middle French: aramee — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- German: aramäisch — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Greek: αραμαϊκός (aramaïkós) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Ancient Greek: Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Hebrew: ארמי (arami) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Hindi: अरामी (arāmī) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Italian: arameo — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Latin: Aramaeus — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Latin: Aramaicus — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Persian: آرامی (ârâmi) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Portuguese: aramaico — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Portuguese: arameano — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Romanian: arameean — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Romanian: aramean — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Romanian: arameic — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Russian: араме́йский (araméjskij) — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Spanish: arameo — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Swedish: arameisk — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Turkish: Arami — of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram
- Akkadian: 𒇽𒀀𒊏𒈬 (/aramu/) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Arabic: آرَامِيّ (ʔārāmiyy) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Arabic: آرامي (ʔārāmi) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Aramaic: ארמיא (ārāmāya) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Aramaic: ܐܪܡܝܐ — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Armenian: արամեացի (arameacʻi) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Azerbaijani: arami — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Catalan: arameu — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Catalan: aramea — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉米人 (Ālāmǐ rén) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Czech: Aramejec — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Danish: aramæer — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Dutch: Arameeër — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Finnish: aramealainen — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- French: Araméen — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- French: Araméenne — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Middle French: Aramee — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Galician: arameo — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Galician: aramaico — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- German: Aramäer — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- German: Aramäerin — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Greek: Αραμαίος (Aramaíos) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Ancient Greek: Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Hebrew: ארמי (aramí) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Hindi: अरामी (arāmī) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Hungarian: arámi — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Ido: Arameano — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Italian: arameo — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Italian: aramaico — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Latin: Aramaeus — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Persian: آرامی (ârâmi) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Polish: Aramejczyk — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Portuguese: arameano — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Portuguese: aramaico — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Portuguese: arameu — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Romanian: arameean — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Romanian: aramean — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Russian: араме́й (araméj) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Russian: араме́ец (araméjec) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Russian: араме́йка (araméjka) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Spanish: arameo — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Swedish: aramé — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Turkish: Arami — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Urdu: آرامی (ārāmi) — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people
- Uzbek: oromiy — member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people