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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Asya | Asia |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آسیا | — |
| 3 | Classical Persian | آسیا | — |
| 4 | Arabic | آسِيَا | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσῐ́ᾱ | — |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 7 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |