Standard Lemma guide

Syrian

adj · noun · 7 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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: sĭrʹē-ən
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹ.i.ən/
  • General-American: sîrʹē-ən
  • General-American: /ˈsɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪɹiən
  • rhymes with -ɪəɹiən
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture.

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

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the Syriac language or alphabet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Syriac

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of, from, or pertaining to Assyria or the Assyrian people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, proscribed

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, proscribed

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Syrian government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a native or inhabitant of Syria

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

Narrower terms: Damascene

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Syria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Syrian From Syria + -an.

Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُورِيّ (sūriyy) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Armenian: սիրիական (siriakan) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Asturian: siriu — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Azerbaijani: suriyalı — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Belarusian: сіры́йскі (sirýjski) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Catalan: sirià — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Catalan: siri — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Catalan: siríac — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Czech: syrský — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Danish: syrisk — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Esperanto: siria — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Finnish: syyrialainen — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • French: syrien — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Galician: sirio — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • German: syrisch — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Ancient Greek: Σύριος (Súrios) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Haitian Creole: siryen — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Hindi: सीरियाई (sīriyāī) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Hungarian: szír — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Hungarian: szíriai — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Icelandic: sýrlenskur — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Italian: siriano — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Central Kurdish: سوری (surî) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Latin: Syrius — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Latin: Syriacus — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Latin: Syricus — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Latvian: sīriešu — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Latvian: sīrisks — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Malayalam: സുറിയാനി (suṟiyāni) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Manx: Seeragh — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syrisk — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: syrisk — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Occitan: sirian — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Persian: سوری (suri) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Persian: سوریهای (suriye-'i) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Polish: syryjski — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Portuguese: sírio — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Romanian: sirian — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Russian: сири́йский (siríjskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Slovak: sýrsky — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Spanish: sirio — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Swedish: syrisk — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Turkish: Suriyeli — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوریهلو (sûriyye-li) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Ukrainian: сирі́йський (syríjsʹkyj) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Urdu: سوری (sūrī) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Uyghur: سۇرىيەلىك (suriyelik) — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Uzbek: suriyalik — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Vietnamese: Xi-ri — of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or Syrian culture
  • Arabic: سُورِيّ (sūriyy) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Arabic: سُورِيَّة (sūriyya) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Armenian: սիրիացի (siriacʻi) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Asturian: siriu — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Asturian: siria — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Azerbaijani: suriyalı — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Belarusian: сіры́ец (sirýjec) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Belarusian: сіры́йка (sirýjka) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Catalan: sirià — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Catalan: siriana — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Catalan: siri — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Catalan: síria — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Czech: Syřan — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Danish: syrer — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Esperanto: siriano — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Esperanto: sirianino — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Finnish: syyrialainen — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • French: Syrien — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • French: Syrienne — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Galician: sirio — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • German: Syrer — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • German: Syrerin — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌹 (saurini) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂 (saur) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Ancient Greek: Σύρος (Súros) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Hebrew: סורי (súri) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Hebrew: סורית (súrit) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Hindi: सीरियाई (sīriyāī) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Hungarian: szír — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Icelandic: Sýrlendingur — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Italian: siriano — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Italian: siriana — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Central Kurdish: سوری (surî) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Latin: Syrius — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Latvian: sīrietis — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Latvian: sīriete — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Manx: Seeragh — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syrer — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: syrar — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Occitan: sirian — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Occitan: siriana — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Persian: سوری (suri) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Persian: سوریهای (suriye-'i) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Polish: Syryjczyk — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Polish: Syryjka — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Portuguese: sírio — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Romanian: sirian — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Romanian: siriană — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Russian: сири́ец (siríjec) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Russian: сири́йка (siríjka) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сири́јац — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Siríjac — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Slovak: Sýrčan — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Slovak: Sýrčanka — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Spanish: sirio — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Swahili: Msiria — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Swahili: Msyria — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Swedish: syrier — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Turkish: Suriyeli — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوریهلو (sûriyye-li) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Ukrainian: сирі́єць (syríjecʹ) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Ukrainian: сирі́йка (syríjka) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Urdu: سوری (sūrī) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Uyghur: سۇرىيەلىك (suriyelik) — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
  • Uzbek: suriyalik — a person from Syria or of Syrian descent
Real reading context

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