The name "Sadia" is pronounced as sah-dee-uh. It is spelled with a "s" and "d" followed by an "i" and "a". The "s" is pronounced with a voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ while the "d" is pronounced with a voiced alveolar stop /d/. The "i" is pronounced with a short vowel /ɪ/ while the "a" is pronounced with a long vowel /eɪ/. The name "Sadia" is derived from Arabic and it means "lucky" or "fortunate".