Aramaist

English

Etymology

From Arama- +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪɪst

Noun

Aramaist (plural Aramaists)

  1. (anthropology, linguistics) A scholar who studies Aramaic, the Arameans or Aram.
    • 2024, Kooij Hoftijzer, The Balaam Text from Deir 'Alla Re-Evaluated[1], page 109:
      For an Aramaist is not one who teaches a course in Biblical Aramaic every few years.

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