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Savva (Rayevsky)
Savva ( el, Σάββα, translit=Sávva, russian: Савва) is a name of Greek origin derived from Aramaic סָבָא ''sāḇā'' meaning 'wise'. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Savva Chevakinsky (1709 – after 1774), Russian architect *Savva Georgiou (1933–1992), Cypriot football striker *Savva Kulish (1936–2001), Soviet film director and screenwriter *Savva Lika (born 1970), Greek javelin thrower *Savva Mamontov (1841–1918), Russian industrialist, merchant, entrepreneur, and patron of the arts *Savva Morozov (1862–1905), Russian businessman and philanthropist *Savva Yamshchikov (1938–2009), a leading expert on Russian provincial art Surname *Amber Savva (born 1993), British actress *Anna Savva, British actress *Nick Savva (born 1934), British greyhound trainer *Niki Savva, Cypriot-born Australian journalist, author *Savvas Savva (born 1958), Cypriot composer, musicologist and pianist See also * village in Mordovia, Russia *Sabbas *Sava (name) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in the ancient region of Syria. For over three thousand years, It is a sub-group of the Semitic languages. Aramaic varieties served as a language of public life and administration of ancient kingdoms and empires and also as a language of divine worship and religious study. Several modern varieties, namely the Neo-Aramaic languages, are still spoken in the present-day. The Aramaic languages belong to the Northwest group of the Semitic language family, which also includes the Canaanite languages such as Hebrew, Edomite, Moabite, and Phoenician, as well as Amorite and Ugaritic. Aramaic languages are written in the Aramaic alphabet, a descendant of the Phoenician alphabet, and the most prominent alphabet variant is the Syriac alphabet. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
