Aramaic

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}]