ასჲა

Laz

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

Proper noun

ასჲა • (asya) (Latin spelling Asya)

1. Asia

   არაპისთანი ასჲაკიტაზ რენ.

   arap̌istani asyaǩiťaz ren.

   Arabia is in Asia.

2. the regions of the Asian continent excluding Turkey, the Middle East and Siberia; i.e. the central, southern and eastern parts of Asia

   ლაზეფე ასჲაშე მოხტესი? მითი ვარუშკუნ.

   lazepe asyaşe moxťesi? miti varuşǩun.

   Did the Laz come from Asia? Nobody knows.

Declension

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Declension of ასჲა (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ასჲა
ergative	ასჲაქ
dative	ასჲას
genitive	ასჲაშ(ი)
directive	ასჲაშე
ablative	ასჲაშემ
locative	ასჲას
instrumental	ასჲათენ
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “Asya”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)