Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aramean

/æɹ.əˈmiː.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: A-ra-me-an
IPA: /æɹ.əˈmiː.ən/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Their homeland is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Aram. They spoke Aramaic.

adj

Of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram.

name

The Aramaic language.

Etymology

From Latin Aramaeus + -an, with the first component from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix) (compare with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ean.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Ἀραμαῖος, ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא, ܐܪܡ / ארם
Suffix: αῖος

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /æɹ.əˈmiː.ən/
British English: /æ.ɹəˈmiː.ən/

Inflected Forms

Arameans (plural) Aramaean (alternative) Aramæan (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

Arameanism Arameanness

Synonyms

aramaean

Rhymes With

aegean andean abelian judean archaean nabataean sabaean mandaean erythraean cumaean nicaean damoclean

Questions

How do you pronounce aramean?: The recorded pronunciation is /æɹ.əˈmiː.ən/.
What does aramean mean?: Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Their homeland is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Aram. They spoke Aramaic.
Where does aramean come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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