Aramaism
See also: Aramaïsm
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Aramaismus, from Aramaeus + -ismus. Compare Greek αραμαϊσμός (aramaïsmós) (Katharevousa ἀραμαϊσμός (aramaïsmós)).
By surface analysis, Arama- + -ism. Compare Hebraism.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ɹəˌmeɪ.ɪzəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæɹ.əˌmeɪ.ɪzəm/, /ˌæɹ.əˈmeɪ.ɪzəm/
- Rhymes: -eɪɪzəm
Noun
Aramaism (plural Aramaisms)
- An idiom from the Aramaic language.
- Synonyms: Aramaicism, Arameanism, Aramism
- Hypernym: Semitism
- Hyponyms: Mandaism, Syriacism
Coordinate terms
foreignismsedit
- Akkadianism / Akkadism
- Americanism
- Amharism
- Anglicism
- Arabism
- Aramaism / Aramaicism / Arameanism / Aramism
- Armenism
- Australianism
- Batavism
- Belorussianism
- Bengalism
- Briticism
- Bulgarism
- Catalanism
- Church Slavicism / Church Slavonicism / Slavonicism
- Croatism
- Czechism / Bohemism / Bohemianism
- Gaelicism
- Gallicism / Frenchism
- Germanism / Teutonism
- Grecism / Hellenism
- Hebraism / Hebraicism
- Hispanism / Hispanicism / Castilianism
- Hungarianism / Magyarism
- Indianism
- Iranianism
- Irishism
- Italianism / Italicism
- Japanism
- Kazakhism
- Latinism
- Macedonianism / Macedonism
- Mandaism
- Moravianism
- New Zealandism
- Persianism
- Phoenicianism
- Polonism
- Portuguesism / Lusitanism
- Russianism
- Scotticism
- Semitism
- Serbism
- Serbo-Croatism
- Sinicism
- Slavism, Slavicism, Slavoidism
- Slovenism / Pannonianism
- Sumerianism / Sumerism
- Syriacism
- Turkism
- Ugaritism
- Ukrainism / Ukrainianism
- Uzbekism
- Yiddishism
Related terms
Translations
idiom from the Aramaic language
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Further reading
- “Aramaism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.