Arabic word meaning
"to be high" [1].
Given Name DescendantsSami(Albanian) Asma, Asmaa, Sama, Samaa, Sami, Samia, Samiya, Somaya, Sumaya, Sumayya(Arabic) Əsma, Səma(Azerbaijani) Asma, Samia, Sumaiya, Sumaya(Bengali) Esma, Sumeja(Bosnian) Asma'u(Hausa) Asma(Malay) Somayeh(Persian) Esma, Sami, Samiye, Sümeyye(Turkish) Asma(Urdu)
- Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 504.