ܐܣܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܐ ܣ ܐ (ʾ s ʾ)
3 terms

Etymology 1

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).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈɑsːjɑː]

Noun

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.”
Inflection
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Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɑsˈːiːjɑ]

Proper noun

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.
See also
Seven Continents in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܲܒܝܼܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šaḇʿā yabišyātē) (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(key): [ˈʔɑs.jɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔɑs.jɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔos.jo]

Noun

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

  1. healer, physician, medical doctor
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܐܣܝ (ʾassī, to heal)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

ܐܣܝܐ (ʾāsīyā) f

  1. Anatolia, Asia Minor
  2. (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, page 75a-b
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