Imvelaphi yegama elithi 'Asia'
Ewe, akukho mntu unokutsho ngokuqinisekileyo apho i- Asia ikwazi khona igama layo; nangona, kukho ininzi yeengcamango malunga nomvelaphi wegama elithi "Asia."
Ngokuqhelekileyo amaGrike anikezelwa ngumbono we-Asiya, owawubandakanya amaPersi, amaArabhu, amaNdiya kunye nabani nabangabantu baseAfrika okanye baseYurophu. "I-Asiya" yayingumthikazikazi weTitan kwintetho yamaGrike.
Imbali yeLizwi
Abanye ababhali-mlando bathi igama elithi "Asiya" lithathwe kwigama laseFenike elithi asa elisho "empuma." AmaRoma asendulo athatha ilizwi kumaGrike.
Igama lesiLatini elithi oriens lithetha "ukuphakama" - ilanga liphuma empuma, ngoko ke nawuphi na umntu ovela kuloo khokelo ekugqibeleni wayebhekiswa njengezoMpuma.
Kwada nanamhla, imida yento esiyibiza ngokuthi i-Asia iphikisana. I-Asia, i-Yurophu, kunye ne-Afrika ngokwabelana ngolwazi olufanayo kwikharityhulam yelizwekazi; nangona kunjalo, ulwahlulo lwezopolitiko, unqulo kunye nenkcubeko luchaza ngokucacileyo oko kuthethwa yi-Asia yonke into engenakwenzeka.
Enye into eqinisekile kukuba i-Asia yavela kwiiYurophu zakuqala. Ama-Asiya ahluke kakhulu kwiinkcubeko nakwienkolelo ezingazange zithinte ngokuzibandakanya zivela e-Asia okanye "njengeAsia."
Inxalenye emangalisa? Ama-American asele e-Asia njengeMpuma Ekude, nangona kunjalo, iYurophu ihlala ngasempumalanga. Ngabantu abavela kwicala elisempuma ye-US, njengaye, kusasa kufuneka baqhube entshonalanga bafike e-Asia.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba, iAsia ayinakuphikiswa njengelizwekazi elikhulu kunazo zonke kunye nelizwe elinabantu abaninzi, kwaye lihlala kwikhaya elingaphezu kwe-60% yabantu.
Cinga ngamathuba okuhamba nohambo!