Assyrian in Arabic
آشُورِيّ ʔāšūriyy
/əˈsiɹi.ɪn/
Assyrian in Arabic: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy). In English, Assyrian means a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
Arabic words for Assyrian
- a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river
- آشُورِيّ ʔāšūriyy
- a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia
- آشُورِيّ ʔāšūriyy
- of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river
- آشُورِيّ ʔāšūriyy
- of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia
- آشُورِيّ ʔāšūriyy
- any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples
- آشُورِيّ ʔāšūriyy
- a dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria
- آشُورِيّ ʔāšūriyy
English meaning of Assyrian
- noun A person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
- noun A citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
- noun A person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians.
- noun A butterfly of the genus Terinos.
Synonyms of Assyrian
Assyrian in other languages
Questions about Assyrian in Arabic
- What is the meaning of Assyrian in Arabic?
- Assyrian in Arabic is آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy).
- ما معنى كلمة Assyrian؟
- Assyrian: آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy).
- What does Assyrian mean in English?
- Assyrian means a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Assyrian (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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