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An 11th-century Syriac manuscript. In the English language, the term "Syriac" is used as a linguonym (language name) designating a specific variant of the Aramaic language in relation to its regional origin in northeastern parts of Ancient Syria, around Edessa, which lay outside of the provincial borders of Roman Syria.
Syriac may refer to: Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Eastern Middle Aramaic; Sureth/Suret, a Neo-Aramaic language spoken in the Nineveh Plains region; Syriac alphabet. Syriac (Unicode block) Syriac Supplement; Neo-Aramaic languages also known as Syriac in most native vernaculars
Pastor Edward Robinson reported that his companion, Eli Smith, found several manuscripts in the Syriac language in Maaloula in 1834, but no one could read or understand them. [50] Classical Syriac, the Aramaic dialect of Edessa, was utilized as the liturgical language by local Syriac Melkite Christians following the Byzantine rite. There was a ...
Syriac Pronunciation Part of Speech Meaning Notes E.GAL: ܗܝܟܠܐ haykla noun "palace, temple" E.KUR: ܐܓܘܪܐ aggura noun "pagan shrine, altar" agam (Akk. agammu) ܐܓܡܐ agma noun "meadow, swamp" addir (Akk. agāru) ܐܓܪܐ agra noun "hire, wages" azu (Akk. asû) ܐܣܝܐ asya noun "doctor (physician)" buranun (Akk. purattu: ܦܪܬ ...
The Syriac alphabet (ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ʾālep̄ bêṯ Sūryāyā [a]) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century AD. [1] It is one of the Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene alphabet, [2] and shares similarities with the Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic and Sogdian, the precursor and a direct ancestor of the ...
None of these languages has official status. [1] Historically, Aramaic was the lingua franca of the region before the advent of Arabic and is still spoken among Assyrians, and Classical Syriac is still used as the liturgical language of various Syriac Christian denominations.
It is also used by the recent EU funded programme to revitalize the language, in preference to Ṭuroyo, since Surayt is a historical name for the language used by its speakers, while Turoyo is a more academic name for the language used to distinguish it from other Neo-Aramaic languages, and Classical Syriac.
The Arameans, or Aramaeans (Hebrew: אֲרַמִּים; Ancient Greek: Ἀραμαῖοι; Classical Syriac: ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ, Aramaye, [1] Syriac pronunciation: [ʔɑːrɑːˈmɑːje]), were a tribal [2] Semitic people [3] [4] in the ancient Near East, first documented in historical sources from the late 12th century BC.