Asha (disambiguation)

Asha may refer to:

• Asha, the Zoroastrian concept of "truth, order"

Band names

Romanian band called ASHA

Given names

• Indian female name (Hindi: आशा), from the Sanskrit āśā "wish, desire, hope, awesome, expectation, prospect, success"
  • Asha Bhosle, an Indian playback singer, for films
  • Asha Parekh, an Indian Hindi film actress of 60's and 70's
  • Asha Puthli, an India-born jazz singer, renowned for her work with Ornette Coleman
• Swahili female name meaning "life" and "great one", likely from Arabic Aisha

Place names

• Asha (town), a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
• Asha, Cyprus

Institutions / Organizations

• Asha for Education, an Indian charity organisation dedicated to foster education
• 88bikes Asha, a project by the American charity 88bikes that donates bikes to girls in developing countries.

Popular culture

• Aasha (1957 film), Hindi film (also transliterated as "Asha")
• Aasha, 1980 Hindi film
• Asha, a British New Age singer and producer
• Aṣa, (pronounced Asha), Nigerian - French singer-songwriter
• Brimful of Asha is a 1997 song by Cornershop, dedicated to Asha Bhosle
• Asha (Rebecca Hazlewood), a main character in the TV series Outsourced

Acronym ASHA

• American Schools and Hospitals Abroad, USAID program
• American School Health Association, To promote the health of children and youth
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• American Seniors Housing Association, non-profit organization for seniors housing related issues
• American Social Health Association, non-profit organization for STD prevention and treatment
• Accredited Social Health Activist an Indian national community health worker program
• Asian School of Hospitality Arts, a degree-granting institution in the Philippines

See also

• Ascha, a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany
• A⋅S⋅H⋅A, an African-American rapper