Etymology

nahiyah

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Today it means: A local administrative division consisting of a number of small towns or villages in some Muslim countries, including (historical) parts of Europe under the Ottoman Empire. Full definition →

Arabic نَاحِيَة ← Ottoman Turkish ناحیه
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromناحیه
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromنَاحِيَة“region, district; local administrative division”
  3. English todaynahiyah

From Arabic نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya, “region, district; local administrative division”) directly and via cognates in other languages such as Ottoman Turkish ناحیه (nâhiye).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.