Gender Feminine
Usage Arabic, Urdu
Scripts آسيا, آسية(Arabic) آسیہ(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈʔaː.si.jaː/(Arabic) /ˈʔaː.si.ja/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Possibly from Arabic أسي (ʾasiya) meaning "to be distressed, to be grieved" [1]. According to Islamic tradition this was the name of the wife of the pharaoh at the time of Moses. She took care of the infant Moses and later accepted monotheism.

Related Names

VariantAssia(Arabic (Maghrebi))
Other Languages & CulturesAsja(Bosnian) Asiye(Turkish)
User SubmissionAsiyə

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Sources & References

  1. Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 21.
Entry updated October 6, 2024