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Where does “آسیا” come from?

آسیا (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Classical Persian آسیا, from Arabic آسِيَا, from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

Ancestry of “آسیا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianآسیا—
2Arabicآسِيَا—
3Ancient GreekἈσῐ́ᾱ—
4Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
5Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia
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