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• Assyrian
  Assyrian

  adjective

  of or relating to Assyria, its inhabitants, or their language.
• assyrian
  assyrian

  noun

  an inhabitant of ancient Assyria

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

Because such rituals were closely tied to the Assyrian center of power, researchers were surprised to find this text so far from the empire's core regions.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Australian Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett on Tuesday published his reasons for the decision a day earlier on the video that showed the stabbing of the Assyrian Orthodox bishop on April 15.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

It was all caught on a live stream - beamed out over the internet to the local congregation and beyond, the news spreading quickly in Assyrian, Maronite, Catholic and Coptic Christian communities.

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

Behind them was Kandar, a bandage-wrapped Assyrian mummy with powerful eagle-wings and eyes like rubies, who was carrying a small pig.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman