Aramaic etymology

Etymology

• Aramaic is derived from the Akkadian word Aramu, which refers to the region of modern-day Syria and northern Iraq.

Meaning

• Aramaic refers to:
  • A group of Semitic languages originally spoken in the ancient region of Aram.
  • The language of Jesus and many other early Christian texts.

Origin

• Aramaic originated in the 10th century BCE as a regional variant of Western Semitic, the ancestor of Hebrew, Arabic, and other Semitic languages.
• It spread throughout the Middle East and became the lingua franca of the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BCE).
• Aramaic continued to be widely spoken in the Middle East until the rise of Arabic in the 7th century CE.

Development

• Aramaic branched into multiple dialects, including:
  • Imperial Aramaic (the official language of the Achaemenid Empire)
  • Biblical Aramaic (found in the Old Testament of the Bible)
  • Jewish Aramaic (used by the Jewish community)
  • Palestinian Aramaic (spoken in the region of Judea)
• Some modern dialects of Aramaic are still spoken by communities in the Middle East, including:
  • Syriac
  • Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
  • Turoyo

Aramaic relate terms

• Aramaean

  Etymology Aramaean The term Aramaean is derived from the Hebrew word Aram ארם

• Aramaic

  Etymology Aramaic is derived from the Akkadian word Aramu which refers to the region of

• rabbinical

  Etymology From Hebrew רב rav meaning master or teacher bin suffix denoting p

• Maranatha

  Etymology The word Maranatha is a transliteration of the Aramaic phrase Marana tha w

• sultan

  Etymology Arabic سلطان sulṭān Late Latin sultanus Middle French soldan M

• baluster

  Etymology From Middle French balustre from Old French balustre from Late Latin ballis

• Bartholomew

  Etymology Greek Βαρθολομαῖος Bartholomaîos Aramaic בתלמאי Bar

• naphtha

  Etymology and Meaning The word naphtha originates from the Greek word νάφθα nap

• Semitic

  Etymology The term Semitic is derived from the biblical figure Shem one of the three s

• script

  Etymology The word script is derived from the Latin word scriptum which means writt