Mandaic
/mænˈdeɪ.ɪk/noun
Relating to the Mandaeans, their religion, or their traditional Aramaic language.
Did you know?Mandaic is the surviving liturgical language of the Mandaeans, a Gnostic religious community whose texts preserve forms of Eastern Aramaic dating back to late antiquity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*y-d-ʿ
“To know; to perceive or recognize”
Ancient Aramaic
Aramaic
מדע (mandaʿ)
“Knowledge or understanding”
Late Antiquity
Mandaic
manda
“Knowledge, especially religious or esoteric knowledge”
Late Antiquity–Middle Ages
Mandaic
mandaia
“Mandaean; connected with knowledge or the community possessing religious knowledge”
19th Century
English
Mandaic
“Relating to the Mandaeans or their Aramaic language”
Modern English
English
Mandaic
“The language, script, or cultural and religious tradition associated with the Mandaeans”