Assyrian Neo-Aramaic word senses marked with topical category "Ancient Near East"
Parent categories: Ancient Asia, Ancient history, History of Asia, History, Asia, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Subcategories: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Assyria, Babylonia, Mesopotamian deities, Mesopotamian mythology, Phoenicia, Sumer, Zoroastrianism
Total 16 word senses
- ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (Proper name) Jerusalem (a city holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine).
- ܐܢܘ (Proper name) Anu: An ancient Mesopotamian god being supreme source of all authority. Corresponding to the Roman god Jupiter and the Greek god Zeus.
- ܐܫܘܪܝܐ (Noun) Assyrian (A person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent)
- ܒܒܠ (Proper name) Babylon, Babel (capital of ancient Babylonia)
- ܗܠܣ (Proper name) Hellas, specifically Ancient Greece
- ܙܪܕܘܫܬܝܐ (Adjective) Zoroastrian (relating to or characteristic of Zoroastrianism)
- ܙܪܕܘܫܬܝܐ (Noun) Zoroastrian (a follower of Zoroastrianism)
- ܠܡܣܘ (Noun) lamassu (Assyrian protective deity often depicted as having the head of human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird)
- ܢܒܘ (Proper name) Nabu: An ancient Mesopotamian patron god of literacy, the rational arts, scribes and wisdom. Corresponding to the Roman God Mercury and the Greek god Hermes.
- ܢܘܪܢܝܐ (Noun) pyramid (ancient massive construction)
- ܢܝܢܘܪܬܐ (Proper name) Ninurta: An ancient Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing and hunting. Corresponding to the Roman god Saturn and the Greek god Cronus.
- ܢܪܓܠ (Proper name) Nergal: An ancient Mesopotamian god associated with war. Corresponding to the Roman god Mars and the Greek god Ares.
- ܥܫܬܪ (Proper name) Ishtar, Astarte, Ashtoreth: An ancient Mesopotamian goddess associated with love, beauty, sex and fertility. Corresponding to the Roman goddess Venus and the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
- ܥܫܬܪ (Proper name) A common given name among Assyrian people
- ܨܘܪ (Proper name) Tyre (Ancient sea port and Phoenician city in present-day Lebanon)
- ܫܘܡܪ (Proper name) Sumer, Sumeria (an ancient civilization in southern Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq)
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