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nounan alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
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nouna Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asiatype of:
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of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
Definition that contains aramaic
- aramaic of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
- aramaic 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
- brahmi a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed
- uygur the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
- mandaean the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans
- arabic alphabet the alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu)
- mandean the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans
- aramaic script 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
- biblical aramaic the form of Aramaic that was spoken in Palestine in the time of the New Testament
- pahlavi the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language