ناحية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ح و (n-ḥ-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.ħi.ja/

Noun

نَاحِيَة • (nāḥiya) f (plural نَوَاحٍ (nawāḥin))

1. side, direction
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
• → English: nahiyah
• → Hausa: nāhiyā̀
• → Persian: ناحیه (nâhiye)

  → Uyghur: ناھىيە (nahiye)

• → Turkish: 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