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Imperial Aramaic

Imperial Aramaic proper noun: the chronolect of the Aramaic language (mid-8th century–late 4th century BCE), intermediate between Old Aramaic and Middle Aramaic, that was used as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire (from the reign of King Tiglath-Pileser III [r. 745–727 BCE] onward), the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, until the latter’s conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.

Proper noun

Imperial Aramaic

  1. (broadly) The chronolect of the Aramaic language (mid-8th century–late 4th century BCE), intermediate between Old Aramaic and Middle Aramaic, that was used as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire (from the reign of King Tiglath-Pileser III [r. 745–727 BCE] onward), the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, until the latter’s conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
  2. (narrow sense: dialectology) The Imperial Aramaic of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE) only.

Imperial Aramaic meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

Imperial Aramaic in Arabic

chronolect of Aramaic (745–330 BC) used by the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires
آرَامِيَّة إِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّة

Imperial Aramaic in Indonesian

chronolect of Aramaic (745–330 BC) used by the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires
bahasa Aram Kekaisaran, bahasa Aram Baku Kuno

Synonyms of Imperial Aramaic

Origin of Imperial Aramaic

Designated imperial for the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires.

Questions about Imperial Aramaic

What does Imperial Aramaic mean?
Imperial Aramaic means the chronolect of the Aramaic language (mid-8th century–late 4th century BCE), intermediate between Old Aramaic and Middle Aramaic, that was used as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire (from the reign of King Tiglath-Pileser III [r. 745–727 BCE] onward), the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, until the latter’s conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
What is Imperial Aramaic in Arabic?
Imperial Aramaic in Arabic is آرَامِيَّة إِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّة. See Imperial Aramaic meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Imperial Aramaic?
Imperial Aramaic is a proper noun.

Words near Imperial Aramaic in the dictionary

  1. imperforates
  2. imperforation
  3. imperfs
  4. imperia
  5. imperial
  6. Imperial Aramaic
  7. Imperial Beach
  8. Imperial biscuit
  9. Imperial biscuits
  10. imperial boomerang
  11. imperial circle

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