Syriac

Etymology
From, an adjective pertaining to , the Greek name for Aram, and probably based on the name Assyria.

Pronunciation
/sɪraɪək/ (Chiefly US)

Proper noun

 * 1) An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:
 * The language of the kingdom of Osroene.
 * The liturgical language of various churches with roots in the Middle East.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Siries
 * Arabic: السُّرْيَانِيَّة, اللُّغَة السُّرْيَانِيَّة, سُرْيَانِيّ
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, ܣܘܪܝܐ, ܣܘܪܐܝܬ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: süryani dili
 * Bulgarian: древносирийски
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: syrština
 * Farefare: sirire
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: siriaco
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Malay: bahasa Suryani
 * Persian: زبان سریانی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: siriacă
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: siriaco
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: забони сурёнӣ
 * Turkish:
 * Uzbek: suryoniy tili

Noun

 * 1) A speaker of the Syriac language (see above).
 * 2) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Translations

 * Arabic: سُرْيَانِيّ,, سُرْيَان
 * Armenian: ասորի
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ասորի
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: assyrialaiskristitty
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:

Adjective

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