ناحية

Arabic

Root
ن ح و (n ḥ w)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.ħi.ja/

Noun

نَاحِيَة • (nāḥiya) f (plural نَوَاحٍ (nawāḥin, construct state نَوَاحِي (nawāḥī)))

1. side, direction

   مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ ― min nāḥiyatin ― on the other hand

2. region, area
3. nahiyah; a type of local administrative division, sometimes translated as "subdistrict"

Declension

Declension of noun نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَاحِيَة nāḥiya	النَّاحِيَة an-nāḥiya	نَاحِيَة nāḥiyat
nominative	نَاحِيَةٌ nāḥiyatun	النَّاحِيَةُ an-nāḥiyatu	نَاحِيَةُ nāḥiyatu
accusative	نَاحِيَةً nāḥiyatan	النَّاحِيَةَ an-nāḥiyata	نَاحِيَةَ nāḥiyata
genitive	نَاحِيَةٍ nāḥiyatin	النَّاحِيَةِ an-nāḥiyati	نَاحِيَةِ nāḥiyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَاحِيَتَيْن nāḥiyatayn	النَّاحِيَتَيْن an-nāḥiyatayn	نَاحِيَتَيْ nāḥiyatay
nominative	نَاحِيَتَانِ nāḥiyatāni	النَّاحِيَتَانِ an-nāḥiyatāni	نَاحِيَتَا nāḥiyatā
accusative	نَاحِيَتَيْنِ nāḥiyatayni	النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ an-nāḥiyatayni	نَاحِيَتَيْ nāḥiyatay
genitive	نَاحِيَتَيْنِ nāḥiyatayni	النَّاحِيَتَيْنِ an-nāḥiyatayni	نَاحِيَتَيْ nāḥiyatay
plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī	النَّوَاحِي an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī
nominative	نَوَاحٍ nawāḥin	النَّوَاحِي an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī
accusative	نَوَاحِيَ nawāḥiya	النَّوَاحِيَ an-nawāḥiya	نَوَاحِيَ nawāḥiya
genitive	نَوَاحٍ nawāḥin	النَّوَاحِي an-nawāḥī	نَوَاحِي nawāḥī

Descendants

• Maltese: naħa
• → Azerbaijani: nahiyə
• → Classical Persian: نَاحِیَه (nāhiya)
  • → Chagatai: ناحیه (nāhiyä)
    • Uyghur: ناھىيە (nahiye)
    • Uzbek:

      Latin script: nohiya

      Cyrillic script: ноҳия (nohiya)

      Afghan Uzbek: ناحِیَه (nohiya)

  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: नाहिया (nāhiyā)

    Urdu: ناحِیَہ (nāhiya)

• → English: nahiyah
• → Hausa: nāhiyā̀
• → Ottoman Turkish: ناحیه (nâhiye)
  • Turkish: nahiye
  • → English: nahiye

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “نحو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Preposition

نَاحِيَةَ • (nāḥiyata)

1. towards

Inflection

Inflected forms

base form					نَاحِيَةَ (nāḥiyata)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		dual	plural
	m	f		m	f
1st person	نَاحِيَتِي (nāḥiyatī)		نَاحِيَتَنَا (nāḥiyatanā)
2nd person	نَاحِيَتَكَ (nāḥiyataka)	نَاحِيَتَكِ (nāḥiyataki)	نَاحِيَتَكُمَا (nāḥiyatakumā)	نَاحِيَتَكُمْ (nāḥiyatakum)	نَاحِيَتَكُنَّ (nāḥiyatakunna)
3rd person	نَاحِيَتَهُ (nāḥiyatahu)	نَاحِيَتَهَا (nāḥiyatahā)	نَاحِيَتَهُمَا (nāḥiyatahumā)	نَاحِيَتَهُمْ (nāḥiyatahum)	نَاحِيَتَهُنَّ (nāḥiyatahunna)

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ن ح و
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya). The second plural is a learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْحَاء (ʔanḥāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Cairo) /naħ.ja/, (Alexandria) /niħ.ja/

Noun

ناحية • (naḥya, niḥya) f (plural نواحي (nawāḥi) or أنحاء (ʔanḥāʔ))

1. end, side
2. aspect, regard

   من الناحية التاريخية ― min in-naḥya t-tariḵiyya ― from a historical aspect

3. nahiyah (a type of local administrative division, sometimes translated as "district". Smaller than a "markaz" (center))