Standard Lemma guide

Neo-Aramaic

adj · name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the Neo-Aramaic languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A group of modern Aramaic languages evolved from Late Aramaic dialects around 1200 AD.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Modern Aramaic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From neo- + Aramaic.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: آرَامِيَّة حَدِيثَة (ʔārāmiyya ḥadīṯa) — modern Aramaic languages
  • Finnish: uusaramea — modern Aramaic languages
  • German: Neuaramäisch — modern Aramaic languages
  • Hebrew: אֲרַמִּית חֲדָשָׁה ('aramít khadashá) — modern Aramaic languages
  • Persian: آرامی جدید (ârâmi-ye jadid) — modern Aramaic languages
  • Russian: но̀воараме́йский (nòvoaraméjskij) — modern Aramaic languages
  • Swedish: nyarameiska — modern Aramaic languages