ܐܣܝܐ

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

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɑsːjɑː]

ܐܵܣܝܵܐ • (āsyā) m sg (plural ܐܵܣܝܹ̈ܐ (āsyē), feminine ܐܵܣܝܼܬܵܐ‎ (āsītā))

1. medical doctor, physician, healer: One who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured.

   ‏ܐܸܢ ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܕܗܵܠܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܨܦܵܝܝܼ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ، ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܬ ܠܚܵܙܹܝܬ ܠܹܗ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ.‎‎

   If you think you are still unwell tomorrow, go see the doctor.

   • Luke 5:31:

     ‏ܓ̰ܘܼܘܸܒ ܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ ܐܸܠܵܝܗܝ، «ܐܵܢܝܼ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܒܚܘܼܠܡܵܢܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹܐ ܠܐܵܣܝܵܐ، ܐܸܠܵܐ ܐܵܢܝܼ ܕܚܸܪܒܵܐ ܡܪܝܼܥܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ».‎‎

     juwib lēh īšoʿ w-mīrēh illāyh, “ānī d-īnā b-ḥulmānā lē ìnā snīqē lāsyā, illā ānī d-ḥirbā mrīʿē ìnā”.

     Jesus answered them, “It's not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”

• ܐܵܣܹܐ‎ (āsē, “to heal, recover”)
• ܐܵܣܝܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (āsyutā, “medicine, medical science”)

From Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɑsˈːiːjɑ]

ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ • (āsīyā) f

1. Asia (continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean)

   ‏ܐܝܼܬ ܐܲܪܒܥܝܼ ܬܡܵܢܝܵܐ ܐܲܬܪ̈ܵܘܵܬܹܐ ܓܵܘ ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܵܘܡ.‎‎

   īt arbʿī tmānyā atrāwātē gāw āsīyā idyāwm.

   There are forty-eight countries in Asia today.

2. (historical) Anatolia, Asia Minor (province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western Turkey)
   • Acts 19:10:

     ‏ܐܵܗܵܐ ܓܪܝܼܫ ܠܵܗ̇ ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ، ܘܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܝܗܘܼܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܘܝܵܘܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܓܵܘ ܐܘܼܚܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢ ܕܡܵܪܝܵܐ.‎‎

     āhā grīš lāh tartēn šinnē, w-hādḵā kulāyh hudāyē w-yāwnāyē d-biʿmārā ìwā gāw uḥdānā d-āsīyā šmīʿ lhon 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

3. (Greek God) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
4. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.

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

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

ܐܣܝܐ • (ʾāsyā) m (plural ܐܣܘܬܐ‎ (ʾāswāṯā), singular feminine counterpart ܐܣܝܬܐ‎ (ʾāsīṯā))

1. healer, physician, medical doctor

• ܐܣܝ‎ (ʾassī, “to heal”)

From Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]

ܐܣܝܐ • (ʾāsīyā) f

1. Anatolia, Asia Minor
2. (by extension) Asia

• “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
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