آسیا

See also: آسيا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā, “Asia”).

Proper noun

آسیا • (asiya)

1. Asia, a continent located east of Europe

Derived terms

• آسیالو (Asyalı, “Asiatic”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Asya

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “Asya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 327
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آسیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 18
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آسیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 116

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian آسیا (âsiyâ).

Noun

آسیا • (asya)

1. mill, a grinding apparatus for substances such as grains or seeds

   Synonyms: دگرمن (değirmen), رحی (raha)

2. mill, a building housing such a grinding apparatus

Derived terms

• آسیاب (asyab, “watermill”)
• آسیابان (asyaban, “miller”)
• آسیازنه (asyazene, “pick for sharpening millstones”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: asya

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “asya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 326
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آسیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 18
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mola”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1067
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آسیا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 226
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آسیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 116

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.ˈjɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.si.jɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.si.jɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.si.jɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	āsiyā
Dari reading?	āsiyā
Iranian reading?	âsiyâ
Tajik reading?	osiyo

Proper noun

Dari	آسیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Осиё

آسیا • (âsiyâ)

1. Asia (a continent)

   Meronyms: آسیای جنوبی (âsiyâ-ye jonubi), آسیای شرقی (âsiyâ-ye šarqi), آسیای غربی (âsiyâ-ye ğarbi)

Derived terms

• آسیایی (âsiyâyi)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.ˈjɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.si.jɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.si.jɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.si.jɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.si.jɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	āsiyā
Dari reading?	āsiyā
Iranian reading?	âsiyâ
Tajik reading?	osiyo

Noun

آسیا • (âsiyâ)

1. Alternative form of آسیاب (âsiyâb)