kaśday כַּשְׂדַּי ‘Chaldean’ (Aramaic)
Etymology?:
corresponding to kaśdīm כַּשְׂדִּים ‘Chaldea’
Roots:
כשׂדי כשׂדימה
kaśday pr n loc gen
Chaldean = "clod breakers"
1) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris
2) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)