Aramaic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Ar=a=ma=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

Aramaic, a. [See Aramæan, a.].

 Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Aramaic, n. & adj.
--n. a branch of the Semitic family of languages, esp. the language of Syria used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the sixth century BC, later dividing into varieties one of which included Syriac and Mandaean.
--adj. of or in Aramaic.

Etymology

L Aramaeus f. Gk Aramaios of Aram (bibl. name of Syria)