Syriac

Meaning

Name

1. An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:
2. An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:

Noun

1. A speaker of the Syriac language (see above).
2. A member of any of the Syriac churches, but especially the Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church.

Adj

Of, pertaining to, or being the Syriac language, its speakers, or their culture.

Synonyms

Classical Syriac

Maltese

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Semitic

Shemitic

Syriac (Estrangelo variant)

Syriac (Western variant)

Akkadian

Syriac (Eastern variant)

Translations

syriaque

Syrisch

Süryanice

siríaco

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Συριακά

siriaco

siríac

السريانية

siriaco

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Syriac

sémitique

سُرْيَان

Συριακό

اَلسُّرْيَانِيَّة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪɹiˌæk/

Etymology

From Latin Syriacus (“Syrian”), from Ancient Greek Συριακός (Suriakós, “Syrian”, adjective), from Συρία (Suría) [the Greek name for Aram, and probably based on the name Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”)] + -ακός (-akós).

Sentences

The Syriac Catholic Church was originally part of the Syriac Orthodox Church .