The storyArabic · derived fromنَاحِيَةOttoman Turkish · borrowed fromناحیهEnglish todaynahiyeFrom Ottoman Turkish ناحیه (nâhiye), from Arabic نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya).Words from the same rootsOttoman Turkishناحیه all →nahiyahArabicنَاحِيَة all →nahiyahEtymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.