Iziqalo Zegama elithi 'Asia'
Yebo, akekho ongasho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi i- Asia ibizo layo; nakuba, kunezinkolelo eziningi mayelana nomsuka wegama elithi "Asia."
Ngokuvamile amaGreki athiwa ukudala umqondo we-Asia, ngaleso sikhathi owawuhlanganisa amaPheresiya, ama-Arabhu, amaNdiya, nanoma ubani ongeyena u-Afrika noma u-European. "I-Asiya" kwakubizwa ngokuthi unkulunkulukazi weTutan emlandweni wamaGreki.
Umlando weZwi
Ezinye izazi-mlando zithi igama elithi "Asiya" lisuselwa egameni laseFenike asa elisho "empumalanga." AmaRoma asendulo athatha izwi kumaGreki.
Igama lesiLatini elithi oriens lisho ukuthi "ukukhuphuka" - ilanga liphuma empumalanga, ngakho-ke noma yikuphi abantu abavela kulolo mzila ekugcineni babizwa ngokuthi baseMpumalanga.
Kuze kube yilolu suku, imingcele yalokho esikubiza nge-Asia iphikiswa. I-Asia, i-Europe, ne-Afrika ngokweqile bahlanganyela isheluli elifanayo lase-continental; Nokho, umehluko wezepolitiki, wenkolo, kanye namasiko wenza ngokucacile lokho okubhekwa njenge-Asia konke okungenakwenzeka.
Into eqinisekile ukuthi umqondo we-Asia uvela kumaYurophu asekuqaleni. Ama-Asiya ahlukene kakhulu emazweni nasezinkolelweni ezingakaze zizibiza ngokuthi zivela e-Asia noma "njenge-Asiya."
Ingxenye engavamile? AmaMelika asalokhu ekhuluma e-Asia njengeMpumalanga Ekude, nokho, iYurophu ibheke empumalanga yethu. Ngisho nabantu abavela engxenyeni esempumalanga ye-US, njengami ngokwami, namanje kudingeka bahambe entshonalanga bafike e-Asia.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, i-Asia ayinakuphikiswa njengezwekazi elikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, futhi lihlala ekhaya labantu abangaphezu kwezingu-60%.
Ake ucabange amathuba okuhamba nokuzijabulisa!