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Chaldean en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kɑlˈdi.ən/ (US)
• /kælˈdi.ən/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɒlˈdi.ən/ (UK)
• /kælˈdi.ən/ (US)

Etymology

From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.
   • Honour me! Chaldean priests / Bow to me in adoration 2009, “Daimonos”, in Evangelion (Blackened Death Metal), performed by Behemoth, Poland:

Forms

Translations (20)

de chaldäisch (of Chaldea) · eo ĥaldea (of Chaldea) · ru халде́йский (of Chaldea) · fi kaldealainen (of Chaldea) · fr chaldéen (of Chaldea) · da kaldæisk (of Chaldea) · pl chaldejski (of Chaldea) · el χαλδαϊκός (of Chaldea) · cs chaldejský (of Chaldea) · ga Caildéach (of Chaldea) · aii ܟܲܠܕܵܝܵܐ (of Chaldea) · he כַּשְׂדִּי (of Chaldea) · fr chaldaïque (of Chaldea) · la chaldaicus (of Chaldea) · sv kaldeisk (of Chaldea) · cop ⲭⲁⲗⲇⲁⲓⲟⲥ (of Chaldea) · hi कसदी (of Chaldea) · ar كَلْدَانِيّ (of Chaldea) · gl caldeo (of Chaldea) · ca caldeu (of Chaldea)

Chaldean en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɑlˈdi.ən/ (US)
• /kælˈdi.ən/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɒlˈdi.ən/ (UK)
• /kælˈdi.ən/ (US)

Etymology

From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an.

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
   • The Chaldeans worshipped the seven planets. These seven planets were the "Seven Great Gods" of the ancients, and constituted a polytheism, the component members of which varied in importance, with the moon occupying the premier position. 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 14:
   • The Chaldeans had great faith in Ea, their god of healing, to whom prayers were said in case of sickness, but herb remedies were also given the patient by the god's representative in the community. 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:
   • Astrologers, when they observe this pattern, insist that it corresponds to the zodiacal progression. I am not an astrologer and I hold no brief for it, but I do believe the origins of astrology are not with the Chaldeans of Mesopotamia but with the hunters and gatherers of the Stone Age. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:
2. A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
3. A diviner or astrologer.
   • Older Babylonian astrology, which flourished in Kassite and Assyrian times (1400-700 B.C.) had a quite different character: it aimed at short-range predictions of general public events, such as wars and harvests, from striking phenomena such as eclipses, clouds, annual rising and setting of planets, whereas the Hellenistic "Chaldaeans" predicted individual fates from positions of planets and zodiacal signs at the date of birth or conception. [...] So the individual character of horoscopic astrology should not be stressed too much. The essential new feature is, that positions of planets and zodiacal signs are used for long-range predictions. Now these positions are by no means striking events: planets may be invisible, and signs are never visible. The data needed for a horoscope had, in most cases, to be calculated from tables. We ignore how, when and why this transformation took place. But it could only take place in Babylonia, where tables were available for calculating positions of planets at remote dates. Not without reason astrologers were called "Chaldaeans" throughout the Roman Empire! 1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 223:

Forms

Deriveds

chaldo

Translations (47)

ar كَلْدَانِيَّة (native of Chaldea) · pl Chaldejczyk (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · ca caldeu (Biblical diviner or astrologer) · fr Chaldéenne (native of Chaldea) · gez ከላዴዎን (native of Chaldea) · gl caldeo (native of Chaldea) · ckb کەلدانی (native of Chaldea) · pl Chaldejka (native of Chaldea) · el Χαλδαίος (native of Chaldea) · fi kaldealainen (native of Chaldea) · hu káld (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · la Chaldaeus (native of Chaldea) · sv kaldé (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · ga Caildéach (native of Chaldea) · xcl քաղդէացի (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · hu káld (native of Chaldea) · aii ܟܲܠܕܵܝܵܐ (native of Chaldea) · pl Chaldejczyk (Biblical diviner or astrologer) · grc Χαλδαῖος (native of Chaldea) · ru халде́й (Biblical diviner or astrologer) · hy քաղդեացի (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · fr Chaldéen (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · hi कसदी (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · pl Chaldejczyk (native of Chaldea) · ca caldeu (native of Chaldea) · da kaldæer (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · pl Chaldejka (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · cs Chaldejec (native of Chaldea) · fr Chaldéenne (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · xcl քաղդէացի (native of Chaldea) · ru халде́й (native of Chaldea) · eo ĥaldeo (native of Chaldea) · de Chaldäer (native of Chaldea) · ca caldea (native of Chaldea) · fr Chaldéen (native of Chaldea) · hu káldeus (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church) · hy քաղդեացի (native of Chaldea) · sv kaldé (Biblical diviner or astrologer) · cop ⲭⲁⲗⲇⲁⲓⲟⲥ (native of Chaldea) · sv kaldé (native of Chaldea) · te కల్దీయుడు (native of Chaldea) · ar كَلْدَانِيّ (native of Chaldea) · xcl քաղդեայ (Biblical diviner or astrologer) · da kaldæer (native of Chaldea) · de Chaldäerin (native of Chaldea) · hi कसदी (native of Chaldea) · hy քաղդեացի (Biblical diviner or astrologer)

Chaldean en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /kɑlˈdi.ən/ (US)
• /kælˈdi.ən/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɒlˈdi.ən/ (UK)
• /kælˈdi.ən/ (US)

Etymology

From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an.

Meanings

1. The West Semitic language of the ancient Chaldeans.
2. (historical) Synonym of Biblical Aramaic (now considered a misnomer).
3. Synonym of Chaldean Neo-Aramaic.

Forms

Synonyms

Biblical Aramaic · Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

Translations (11)

cs chaldejština (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · hy քաղդեերեն (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · sv kaldeiska (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · de Chaldäisch (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · pl chaldejski (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · hi कसदी (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · gl caldeo (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · hi कसदी (Chaldean Neo-Aramaic) · ca caldeu (language of the ancient Chaldeans) · de Chaldäisch (Chaldean Neo-Aramaic) · eo ĥaldea (language of the ancient Chaldeans)