# ܐܣܝܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/, “physician, healer”), from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, “physician, healer; one who knows fluids”); also borrowed into Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ˈʔɑsːjɑː]

#### Noun

ܐܵܣܝܵܐ • (āsyā) m sg (plural ܐܵܣܝܹ̈ܐ (āsyē) or ܐܵܣ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (āsawwāṯā), feminine ܐܵܣܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (āsīṯā))
* medical doctor, physician, healer (one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured)
    ܡܩܲܘܡܵܐ ܕܝܵܐܹܐ ܕܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܬ ܚܵܙܹܝܬ ܠܹܗ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܗܸܫ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܒܸܪܓ݂ܵܫܵܐ ܨܦܵܝܝܼ.mqawmā d-yāˀē d-āzēt ḥāzēt lēh āsyā in hiš lā ìwet birḡāšā ṣpāyī.Maybe you should see the doctor if you still feel unwell.
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Luke 5:31:ܥܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܲܝܗܘܿܢ، «ܗܸܢܘܿܢ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܒܚܘܼܠܡܵܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܣܢܝܼ̈ܩܹܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ، ܐܸܠܵܐ ܗܸܢܘܿܢ ܕܚܸܪܒܵܐ ܡܪ̈ܝܼܥܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ».ˁnē lēh īšōˁ w-mīr lēh illayhōn, “hinōn d-īnā b-ḥulmānā lā ìnā snīqē ˁal āsyā, illā hinōn d-ḥirbā mrīˁē ìnā”.Jesus answered them, “It's not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”

##### Derived terms

* ܐܵܣܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (āsyūṯā, “medicine, medical science”)
* ܐܵܣܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (āsyūṯānāyā, “medical”)
* ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܒܲܝܬܵܝܵܐ (āsyā baytāyā, “family doctor”)
* ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܟܹܟܹ̈ܐ (āsyā dkēkē, “dentist”)
* ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (āsyā dšaḇrē, “pediatrician”)
* ܐܵܣܝܵܝܵܐ (āsyāyā, “medicinal”)
* ܐܵܣܹܐ (āsē, “heal, recover”)
* ܡܐܲܣܝܵܢܵܐ (mˀasyānā)

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ʔɑsˈːiːjɑ]

#### Proper noun

ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ • (āsīyā) f
* Asia (a continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean)
    ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܐܲܪܒܥܝܼܢ ܘܬܡܵܢܝܵܐ ܐܲܬ݂ܪ̈ܲܘܵܬܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ.īṯ arbˁīn w-tmānyā aṯrawwātā gaw āsīyā idyōm.There are forty-eight countries in Asia today.
    ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܝܲܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.āsīyā ìlāh yabīštā ṭāḇ rabṯā ˁal arˁā.Asia is the earth’s largest continent.
* (historical) Anatolia, Asia Minor (province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western Turkey)
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Acts 19:10:ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܓܪܝܼܫ ܠܵܗ̇ ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ، ܘܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܟܠܗܘܿܢ ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܘܝܵܘܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܓܲܘ ܐܘܼܚܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢ ܕܡܵܪܝܵܐ.hāḏē grīš lāh tartēn šinnē, w-hādḵā kullhōn hūḏāyē w-yāwnāyē d-biˁmārā ìwā gaw uḥdānā d-āsīyā šmīˁ lhōn hēmizmān d-māryā.And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greks
* (Greek God) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
* (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.

##### Coordinate terms

Seven Continents in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܫܒ݂ܲܥ ܝܲܒܝܼ̈ܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šḇaˁ yabīšāṯā) (layout · text) :
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## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/, “physician, healer”), from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, “physician, healer”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈʔɑs.jɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈʔɑs.jɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈʔos.jo]

#### Noun

ܐܣܝܐ • (ʾāsyā) m (plural ܐܣܘܬܐ (ʾāswāṯā), singular feminine counterpart ܐܣܝܬܐ (ʾāsīṯā))
* healer, physician, medical doctor

##### Derived terms

* ܐܣܝ (ʾassī, “to heal”)

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]

#### Proper noun

ܐܣܝܐ • (ʾāsīyā) f
* Anatolia, Asia Minor
* (by extension) Asia

### References

* “ˀsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-25
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 14a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 22b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 75a–b