ˈkalˌdē also (ˈ)kalˈdē noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English Caldey, probably from Middle French chaldée, from Latin Chaldaicus
: the Aramaic vernacular that was the original language of some parts of the Bible (as passages in Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah) and that superseded Hebrew among the Jews of Palestine and Babylon