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Where does “Asyalı” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Asyalı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishAsyaAsia
2Ottoman Turkishآسیا—
3Classical Persianآسیا—
4Arabicآسِيَا—
5Ancient GreekἈσῐ́ᾱ—
6Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
7Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia
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