Asiya

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

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.