আসিয়া

Bengali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic آسِيَة (ʔāsiya), the feminine form of آسٍ (ʔāsin, “healer”).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /asi̯a/, [ˈasi̯aˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /asi̯a/, [ˈasi̯aˑ]

Proper noun

আসিয়া • (aśiẏa)

  1. a female given name, Asiya, from Arabic

Etymology 2

Continental modification of the English form.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /aʃi̯a/, [ˈaʃi̯aˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /aʃi̯a/, [ˈaʃi̯aˑ]

Proper noun

আসিয়া • (aśiẏa)

  1. (rare) alternative form of এশিয়া (eśiẏa)

References
  1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 641
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