English-Portuguese translations for syriac

• siríaco
  A Turquia mantém encerrado o mosteiro ortodoxo grego de Halki sem qualquer justificação plausível, e continua a negar plenos direitos à sua antiga comunidade de cristãos siríacos. Turkey continues to maintain the Greek Orthodox Monastery at Halki closed for no apparent reason, and to deny its ancient Syriac Christians full community rights.
  Os assírios cristãos, os caldeus, os siríacos e outros povos minoritários, como os turcomenos, são continuadamente confrontados com medidas discriminatórias e ameaças às suas vidas. The Christian Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs and other minority peoples, such as the Turkmen, face continual discrimination and threats to their lives.
  Exortamos as autoridades iraquianas a condenar todos os actos de violência perpetrados contra assírios, caldeus, siríacos e outras minorias cristãs no Iraque. We urge the Iraqi authorities to condemn all acts of violence against the Assyrians, the Chaldeans, the Syriacs and other Christian minorities in Iraq.

Definition of syriac

• An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically
• A speaker of the Syriac language (see above
• Of, pertaining to, or being the Syriac language, its speakers, or their culture

Examples

• The language of the kingdom of Osroene
• The liturgical language of various churches with roots in the Middle East

Related words

• Syria
• Syrian
• Assyrian
• Assyria
• Assyrians
• Syriarch
• Syriarchate
• Coele-Syria
• Coele-Syrian