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nahiyah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nahiyah
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: نَاحِيَة, ناحیه, ن ح و

Inflected Forms

nahiyahs (plural) nahiya (alternative) nahiye (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

vilayet sanjak kaza mudir

Questions

What does nahiyah mean?
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.
Where does nahiyah come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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