Learn Aramaic

In this post I am compiling a short vocabulary list in Aramaic (Classical Syriac) ,kind of like a dictionary. I will be updating the list,so come back later. Here are the first words in alphabetical order.The English translation comes first. and , w- angel , malakha animal, ħayyuθā archer , kashta (ܟܫܛܐ) assembly , edta bed , maḍmho (ܡܰܕܡܟܳܐ) big , raḇ bird , ṭayrā, ṣefrā black , ʾukkāmā child, talya church, (the building) edta citty, mditta  , mḏinttā come ,ʾeθā daughter , bartā  day ,yawmā death , mawta drink (to),štā earth , ʾarʿā egg , béʿθâ eye , ʿaynā father , ˀaḇā fire ,nurā, ʾeššāθā fish , nuna from , men fruit , pérā god ,alaha,alah,Eli,Elohi good , taba/tobo (adj.) hand , ˀiḏā head ,réšā house , vayta/vayto Jesus ,Yeshua (ܝܫܘܥ), Jesus Christ (yeshua mshiha)  king, malka ,king of kings (malka d malke) kingdom, malkuta,malkutakh,thy kingdom know (to), yðaʿ love ,khuba lord ,mar ,our lord=maran man ,...

Here are some resources with Aramaic fonts. So download and install the fonts.The simplest way to install the fonts is this: In Windows. zip file Download and unpack the fonts in the Windows/fonts directory. exe file Just run it and the fonts will be installed automaticaly In Linux In your home directory create a folder by the name ".fonts".Unpack there and you are good to go. You may need to restart browser. How to type vowels Vowels are also included in the Syriac fonts of course.To type a vowel just press SHIFT and without releasing press the corresponding vowel key. fonts resources. Syriac http://dukhrana.com/fonts.php http://www.atour.com/fonts/ http://www.chaldean.org.uk/aramaic.htm http://www.chaldean.org.uk/aramaic.htm Imperial Aramaic http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail_font&uid=6a6eac2gc5 http://culmus.sourceforge.net/ancient/index.html http://www.historian.net/files.htm  Dea Sea Scrolls font...

Here are some colors in Syriac: Click on the image Colors drill Black - komo White - heworo Red - sumoqo Yellow - shauto Blue - zarqo Green - yaroqo

During the  reign of the Indian king Ashoka the Maurya Empire was vast.It stretched from Afghanistan and Pakistan ,covering almost all the Indian subcontinent and up to Bangladesh. One of his edicts was a bilingual inscription in Greek and Aramaic carved in stone,dated 3rd century B.C.The inscription was discovered at Kandahar and is now lying in the National Museum of Afghanistan. Greek text δέκα ἐτῶν πληρη[....]ων βασι[λ]εὺς Πιοδασσης εὐσέβεια[ν ἔδ]ε[ι]ξεν τοῖς ἀν-  θρώποις, καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου εὐσεβεστέρους  τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐποίησεν καὶ πάντα  εὐθηνεῖ κατὰ πᾶσαν γῆν• καὶ ἀπέχεται  βασιλεὺς τῶν ἐμψύχων καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ δὲ  εἲ τινες ἀκρατεῖς πέπαυνται τῆς ἀκρα-  σίας κατὰ δύναμιν, καὶ ἐνήκοοι πατρὶ  καὶ μητρὶ καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων παρὰ  τὰ πρότερον καὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ λῶιον  καὶ ἄμεινον κατὰ πάντα ταῦτα  ποιοῦντες διάξουσιν. Aramaic text שנן 10 פתיתו עביד זי מראן פרידארש מלכא קשיטא מהק...

Not one language. One important thing you should know about Aramaic is that it was not uniform.It went through many different phases and developed into numerous dialects which were written in various versions of the Aramaic script. Biblical Some parts of the Bible were written in Aramaic-the books of Daniel and Ezra.The material there, is limited which means that it will take you less time to study it.Thus Biblical Aramaic is good start for you,but you will need to learn the Aramaic square script (Hebrew) to read it. Syriac On the other hand Classical Syriac Aramaic has a vast body of texts of all kinds written in it.Actually it is the third largest corpus,after Greek and Latin ,which survived from late antiquity.Syriac is written is the Syriac script ,the earliest version of it being the Estrangelo .The other two are Madnkhaya and Serto . In my opinion the Estrangelo is a very beautiful script and if you also like it,then Syriac is a good place to start your Aramaic. Neo-...

The Phoenician script was mainly a consonantal script marking only consonants and because of that many ambiguities arised.In a few cases consonant letters were used both for consonants and vowels to help clarify what is being written.Its descendant the Aramaic script used them widely.These letters are called matres lectionis and despite the wide use of this system it never developed into a full-fledged alphabetic script like Greek. The phrase matres lectionis comes from Latin and it means  'mothers of letters'.These letters indicate mostly long vowels.In Biblical Aramaic mainly four letters functioned as such while in Syriac three.  

By Tim Downling for The Guardian. Its alleged anti-semitism isn't the only problem with Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. There's also the small matter of it being in Aramaic. To help enrich your enjoyment, here is a handy glossary of useful terms. The Passion of the Christ... Mel Gibson's film has become a media punch bag B-kheeruut re'yaaneyh laa kaaley tsuuraathaa khteepaathaa, ellaa Zaynaa Mqatlaanaa Trayaanaa laytaw! It may be uncompromising in its liberal use of graphic violence, but Lethal Weapon II it ain't. Da'ek teleyfoon methta'naanaak, pquud. Guudaapaw! Please turn off your mobile phone. It is blasphemous. Shbuuq shuukhaaraa deel. Man ethnaggad udamshaa? Sorry I'm late. Have I missed any scourging? Aykaa beyt tadkeetha? Zaadeq lee d-asheeg eeday men perdey devshaanaayey haaleyn! Where is the loo? I need to wash my hands of this popcorn. Een, Yuudaayaa naa, ellaa b-haw yawmaa laa hweeth ba-mdeetaa. Yes,...