2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Aramaic \Ar`a*ma"ic\, a. [See {Aram[ae]an}, a.] Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aram[ae]an; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n. The Aramaic language. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Aramaic adj : of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages n 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 [syn: {Aramaic script}]
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