الآرامية
al-ʾārāmiyyah
Aramaic in Arabic is الآرامية (al-ʾārāmiyyah).
الآرامية refers specifically to the Aramaic language. When you wish to describe something as being pertaining to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry, you use the related adjective form آرَامِيّ.
Meaning: the language (name)
What does it mean word for word?
In the word الآرامية, the prefix الـ (al-) functions as the definite article 'the', which is required when referring to the language by name.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Iraq and Iran, the term آشوري is used to refer to Assyrian Aramaic.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective آرَامِيّ is the masculine form used to describe a person or a masculine noun, while the form آرَامِيَّة is used when modifying a feminine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
al-ʾārāmiyyah
Did you know?
- The Arabic script used to write الآرامية is a direct descendant of the Nabataean alphabet, which itself evolved from an earlier form of Aramaic script.
- In the Levant, someone might refer to the language through the lens of 'Syriac', using the term السريانية (al-Suryāniyya), which is often used interchangeably with Aramaic in religious contexts.
- Because Arabic and Aramaic are so closely related, some ancient Aramaic loanwords are embedded in Arabic and are now considered native words by most speakers.
Examples in context
- أتحدث بعض الآرامية.I speak some Aramaic.
- هل تعرف أين يمكنني دراسة لغة الآراميين؟Do you know where I can study the language of the Aramaeans?
- هل هي اللغة الآرامية؟hal hiya al-lughah al-āramiyyah?Is it the Aramaic language?
- أنا أدرس اللغة الآرامية القديمة.ana adrusu al-lughah al-āramiyyah al-qadīmah.I am studying the ancient Aramaic language.
- اللغة الآرامية قديمة جداً.al-lughah al-āramiyyah qadīmah jiddan.The Aramaic language is very old.
Example conversation
Nour and Ziad are talking about history at a library.
- نور Nourهل تعرف شيئاً عن اللغة الآرامية؟hal ta'rif shay'an 'an al-lughah al-āramiyyah?Do you know anything about the Aramaic language?
- زياد Ziadنعم، لقد قرأت عنها في كتاب.na'am, laqad qara'tu 'anhā fī kitāb.Yes, I read about it in a book.
- نور Nourإنها لغة تاريخية مذهلة يا زياد.innahā lughah tārīkhiyyah mudhishah yā Ziyād.It is an amazing historical language, Ziad.
- زياد Ziadأنتِ محقة، يا نور.anti muhiqqah, yā Nūr.You are right, Nour.
