Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

الْعَاصِي (al-ʕāṣīm

  1. definite masculine singular of عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin)

Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek Ἀξιός (Axiós), but interpreted in folk etymology as meaning disobedient (see etymology 1).

Proper noun edit

الْعَاصِي (al-ʕāṣīm

  1. the Orontes[1]
Descendants edit
  • English: Asi
  • Turkish: Asi

References edit

  1. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “العاصي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN