1. 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; [syn: Aramaic, Aramaic script]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Aramaic script
n 1: 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 [syn: Aramaic,
Aramaic script]