Chaldean

English

Alternative forms

• Chaldæan (archaic)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælˈdi.ən/

Adjective

Chaldean (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.
   • 2009, Behemoth, Daimonos:

     Honour me! Chaldean priests / Bow to me in adoration

Translations

of Chaldea

• Arabic: كَلْدَانِيّ m (kaldāniyy)
• Coptic: ⲭⲁⲗⲇⲁⲓⲟⲥ (khaldaios)
• Czech: chaldejský
• Danish: kaldæisk
• Esperanto: ĥaldea
• Finnish: kaldealainen
• Galician: caldeo (gl)
• German: chaldäisch
• Greek: χαλδαϊκός (el) m (chaldaïkós)
• Hebrew: כַּשְׂדִּי
• Irish: Caildéach
• Latin: chaldaicus m
• Polish: chaldejski (pl)
• Russian: халде́йский (ru) m (xaldéjskij)
• Swedish: kaldeisk

of ancient Babylonia — see Babylonian

Noun

Chaldean (plural Chaldeans)

1. A native of Chaldea; a Chaldee.
   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:

     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.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:

     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.

2. A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
3. (biblical) A diviner or astrologer.

Translations

native of Chaldea

• Armenian: քաղդեացի (kʻaġdeacʻi)
• Catalan: caldeu m, caldea f
• Coptic: ⲭⲁⲗⲇⲁⲓⲟⲥ (khaldaios)
• Czech: Chaldejec m
• Danish: kaldæer c
• Esperanto: ĥaldeo
• Finnish: kaldealainen
• French: Chaldéen (fr) m, Chaldéenne f
• Galician: caldeo (gl)
• Ge'ez: ከላዴዎን (käladewon)
• German: Chaldäer m
• Greek: Χαλδαίος (el) m (Chaldaíos)

  Ancient: Χαλδαῖος m (Khaldaîos)

• Hungarian: káld
• Irish: Caildéach m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەلدانی (keldanî)

• Latin: Chaldaeus m
• Old Armenian: քաղդէացի (kʻałdēacʻi)
• Polish: Chaldejczyk (pl) m, Chaldejka (pl) f
• Russian: халде́й (ru) m (xaldéj)
• Swedish: kaldé (sv) c

member of the Chaldean Catholic Church

• Armenian: քաղդեացի (kʻaġdeacʻi)
• Danish: kaldæer c
• French: Chaldéen (fr) m, Chaldéenne f
• Hungarian: káld, káldeus
• Old Armenian: քաղդէացի (kʻałdēacʻi)
• Swedish: kaldé (sv) c

Biblical diviner or astrologer

• Armenian: քաղդեացի (kʻaġdeacʻi)
• Old Armenian: քաղդեայ (kʻałdeay)
• Russian: халде́й (ru) m (xaldéj)
• Swedish: kaldé (sv) c

Proper noun

Chaldean

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

Translations

language of the ancient Chaldeans

• Armenian: քաղդեերեն (hy) (kʻaġdeeren)
• Czech: chaldejština f
• Esperanto: ĥaldea
• Galician: caldeo (gl)
• Swedish: kaldeiska c

Further reading

• “Chaldean”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.