ARAMAIC

• ARAMAIC (noun)
  The noun ARAMAIC has 2 senses:

1. a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
2. 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

  Familiarity information: ARAMAIC used as a noun is rare.

• ARAMAIC (adjective)
  The adjective ARAMAIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages

  Familiarity information: ARAMAIC used as an adjective is very rare.

• ARAMAIC (noun)

Meaning:

A Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Aramaic" is a kind of...):

Semitic (a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Aramaic"):

Biblical Aramaic (the form of Aramaic that was spoken in Palestine in the time of the New Testament)

Mandaean; Mandean (the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Aramaic script; Aramaic

Hypernyms ("Aramaic" is a kind of...):

script (a particular orthography or writing system)

• ARAMAIC (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Aramaic (a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia)