Aramaic adj : of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages [syn: Aramaic] (noun)
1: a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia [syn: Aramaic]
2: an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it [syn: Aramaic, Aramaic script]