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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia;

2. 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]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aramaic \Ar`a*ma"ic\, a. [See Aram[ae]an, a.]
   Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants,
   language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aram[ae]an;
   -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic
   family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n. The
   Aramaic language.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Aramaic
    adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
    n 1: a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but
         still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
    2: 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]