Associations to the word «Aramaic»

Wiktionary

ARAMAIC, proper noun. A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group including (but not limited to):
ARAMAIC, adjective. Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.

Dictionary definition

ARAMAIC, noun. A Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia.
ARAMAIC, noun. 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.
ARAMAIC, adjective. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats