العاصي

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ʕaː.sˤiː/

Etymology 1

Adjective

الْعَاصِي • (al-ʕāṣī) m

  1. definite masculine singular of عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀξιός (Axiós), but interpreted in folk etymology as meaning disobedient (see etymology 1).

Proper noun

الْعَاصِي • (al-ʕāṣī) m

  1. the Orontes[1]
Descendants
  • English: Asi
  • Turkish: Asi

References

  1. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “العاصي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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