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Aramaean

Aramaean

9.9
A person from an ancient people who lived in Aram, in parts of Syria and Iraq
  • noun
  • /ˌærəˈmeɪən/
translation icon : aramaeo
  • To demonstrate the social fusion and to facilitate the administration of the Caliphate, the Abbasids employed a great number of Persians and Persianized Aramaeans in the bureaucracy.

Examples

  • The substantial number of Persians and Persianized Aramaeans who converted to Islam had, however, varied economic backgrounds.

    Academic text (1994)

  • 38 Gibb contends that Perso-Aramaean culture inherently contains Manichaean tendencies, zandaqa.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Did I not, who brought Israel out of the land of Egypt, bring the Philistines from Caphtor and the Aramaeans from Kir?

    Academic text (1991)

  • At the same time, many Persians and Persianized Aramaeans received positions as 'secretaries' or civil servants.

    Academic text (1994)

  • True, I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, but also the Philistines from Kaftor and the Aramaeans from Kiir.

  • King David of Israel defeated the Aramaean army at the Battle of Helam before attacking Damascus, the Aramean capital.

  • In 853 BC, the Assyrians defeated the Aramaeans at Qarqar in the first battle to record the military use of horse and camel cavalry units.

  • Assyrian King Sargon II defeated an Aramaean coalition led by the king of Hamath in an epic clash at Qarqar.

Synonyms

Aramean
vsAramaean
1 9.9

A person from an ancient people who lived in Aram and Mesopotamia

has the same meaning but represents an alternate spelling of the name

Surface Forms

Aramaean singular
Aramaeans plural

Morphology

Aramaean = Aram (transparent) = Aram + ean

Formed by standard adjectival/demonym suffixation from the place name 'Aram' (linking vowel present), so the meaning 'of or relating to Aram' is directly derived.

Etymology

Aramaean comes from Aram, the name of an ancient region around modern-day Syria, and the ending -ean which means 'from' or 'of'. An Aramaean was a person 'from Aram' — the people who lived there and spoke Aramaic.