Arameans

Aramean Talent Adrian Lahdo Signs with Club Como

New Midyat Project Seeks to Draw Syriac-Arameans Back to Tur Abdin

The Story of Hanne Safar and His Family

The Enduring Roots: Aramean Tribes and Clan Structures in Tur Abdin

The Society of the Arameans in the Ancient Era

The Murder of Ibrahim Shabo, the Last Aramean Mayor of Midyat

Aboud Zazi – Izla Shafirto

Rozune—Coin in the Bread

King Abgar V of Edessa and the Letter to Christ

Tlawhe—Aramean Lentil Soup

Touma Audo (1853–1918) was a distinguished Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Urmia and a preeminent scholar of the Syriac language. He is best remembered for his magnum opus, Treasure of the Syriac Language (1897), a monumental two-volume Syriac-Syriac dictionary that remains a definitive reference in the field. Beyond lexicography, he contributed significantly to Neo-Aramaic literature through translations and grammars, earning him recognition as a foundational figure in modern Assyrian letters. His life ended tragically during the Assyrian Genocide (Sayfo) in Urmia, where he was killed while providing shelter to thousands of Christian refugees.

Touma Audo

“Arameans, that is, Syriacs (Suryoye). Aramaic language, [that is] Syriac (Suryoyo).”

Treasure of the Syriac Language