آسیا

See also: آسيا

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

آسیا

1. Arabic spelling of Asiya (“Asia”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

آسیا • (asiya)

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Derived terms

• آسیالو (Asyalı, “Asiatic”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Asya

Further reading

• 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] (in French), 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 Classical Persian آسیا (āsiyā).

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

• 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] (in French), 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): /ʔaː.si.ˈjaː/

 

• (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?	āsīyā
Dari reading?	āsiyā
Iranian reading?	âsiyâ
Tajik reading?	osiyo

Proper noun

آسیا • (āsiyā / âsiyâ) (Tajik spelling Осиё)

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

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

2. (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)

Derived terms

• آسیایی (âsiyâyi)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.si.ˈjaː/

 

• (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?	āsīyā
Dari reading?	āsiyā
Iranian reading?	âsiyâ
Tajik reading?	osiyo

Noun

آسیا • (âsiyâ)

1. alternative form of آسیاب (âsiyâb)