אסא

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Proper noun

אָסָא • (ʾāsā)

  1. (biblical) Asa
  3. a male given name

Etymology 2

Back-formation from אָסֵי (ʾāsē), אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, healer”).

Pronunciation

Verb

אֲסׇא • (ʾăsā)

  2. to heal, to cure
  4. to restore, to repair
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

From Akkadian 𒄑𒊍 (asum, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

אָסָא • (ʾāsā)

  2. myrtle
    Synonym: הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā)
Descendants
  • → Arabic: آس (ʔās)
    • ⇒ Cypriot Arabic: ximplás
    • → Ge'ez: እልኣስ (ʾəlʾas, “myrtle”)
    • → Middle Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (√ حَبّ الْآس (ḥabb al-ʔās))

References

  • “ˀsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “ˀs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 257-274
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

Etymology

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Proper noun

אָסָא • (ása) m

  1. (biblical) Asa (the third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat)
  2. a male given name, Asa or Assa
  3. a surname

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