n a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
n an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
a based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
an arbitrary decision the arbitrary rule of a dictator an arbitrary penalty of arbitrary size and shape an arbitrary choice arbitrary division of the group into halves