Given name · Bengali
আসমা
“one having great prestige”·“one of high status”
আসমা (asma) is a feminine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: Asma.
Meaning & origin
What it means
আসমা is Asma written in Bengali script. Interpretations include “one having great prestige” (Arabic) and “one of high status” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
আসমা comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian اَسْمَاء, from Arabic أَسْمَاء; its root is Arabic س م و.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
আসমা’s family of names
In Bengali usage, আসমা shares an earlier linguistic root with সামিয়া. In Bengali usage, আসমা can be written in the Roman alphabet as Asma. In Bengali usage, আসমা shares an earlier linguistic root with সামী.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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