אסא

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܐܣܐ — Syriac

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑsɑ/

Proper noun

אָסָא • (ʾāsā)

2. (biblical) Asa
4. a male given name

Etymology 2

Back-formation from אָסֵי (ʾāsē), אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, healer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔăsɑ/

Verb

אֲסׇא • (ʾăsā)

2. to heal, to cure
4. to restore, to repair

Alternative forms

• אֲסִי (ʾăsī)

Etymology 3

From Akkadian 𒄑𒊍 (asum, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑsɑ/

Noun

אָסָא • (ʾāsā)

2. myrtle

   Synonym: הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā)

Descendants

• → Arabic: آس (ʔās)
  • ⇒ Cypriot Arabic: ximplás
  • → Ge'ez: እልኣስ (ʾəlʾas, “myrtle”)
  • → Middle Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (√ حَبّ الْآس (ḥabb al-ʔās))
    • → Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (learned)

References

• “ˀsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ˀs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 257-274
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Hebrew

Etymology

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Proper noun

אָסָא • (ása) m

1. (biblical) Asa, king of Judah.
2. a male given name, Asa or Assa
3. a surname

Derived terms

• אָסִי (así)