Bengali

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic آسِيَة (ʔāsiya), the feminine form of آسٍ (ʔāsin, healer).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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আসিয়া (aśiẏa)

  1. a female given name, Asiya, from Arabic

Etymology 2

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Continental modification of the English form.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /aʃi̯a/, [ˈaʃi̯aˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /aʃi̯a/, [ˈaʃi̯aˑ]

Proper noun

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আসিয়া (aśiẏa)

  1. (rare) alternative form of এশিয়া (eśiẏa)

References

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  1. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 641