Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἀσά
“physician, doctor, healer”
Ἀσά (Asá) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew, ultimately from Sumerian. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Asá.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἀσά goes back to Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā), meaning “physician, doctor, healer.”
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Where it comes from
Ἀσά comes from Biblical Hebrew, and ultimately from Sumerian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian asûm (A.ZU), from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU, “physician, healer”).
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Ἀσά’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀσά has a transliteration in Asá.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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