Assyrian

American  

[uh-seer-ee-uhn] / əˈsɪər i ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Assyria, its inhabitants, or their language.

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noun

1. a native or an inhabitant of Assyria.

2. the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Assyria.

assyrian British  

/ əˈsɪrɪən /

noun

1. an inhabitant of ancient Assyria

2. a modern-day descendant of the ancient Assyrians

3. 1. the language of the ancient Assyrians, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family and regarded as a dialect of Akkadian

   2. a dialect of Aramaic, spoken by modern Assyrians

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient or modern Assyrians, their language, or culture

Other Word Forms

• pre-Assyrian adjective
• pseudo-Assyrian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Assyrian

First recorded in 1585–95; Assyri(a) + -an

Example Sentences

The Orthodox Assyrian congregation overpowered the boy and he remained in an undisclosed hospital on Wednesday under police guard.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

The particular suburb of Wakeley represented the heart of the city's Assyrian Christian community.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

Bishop Emmanuel is part of an ultraconservative sect of the Assyrian Orthodox religion.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Gezer is an ancient southern Levantine city, well known from Egyptian, Assyrian, and Biblical texts and associated with stories of power struggles and significant historical figures.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

Laughter in the presence of an Egyptian sphinx or an Assyrian bird-beast was inconceivable; but it was perfectly natural in Olympus, and it made the gods companionable.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton