mass noun
- a branch of the Semitic family of languages, especially the language of Syria used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the 6th century BC.It replaced Hebrew locally as the language of the Jews, and though displaced by Arabic in the 7th century AD, it still has about 200,000 speakers in scattered communities.阿拉米语（闪米特语族的一个分支, 尤指公元前6世纪在近东被用作通用语言的叙利亚语, 在当地替代希伯来语成为犹太人的语言, 尽管其地位在公元7世纪为阿拉伯语所取代, 在各分散聚居地中仍有约20万人使用）。
- of or relating to this language（与）阿拉米语（有关）的。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Greek Aramaios 'of Aram' (the biblical name of Syria) + -IC.