نَاحِيَةٍ area in Arabic
نَاحِيَةٍ is how you say “area” in Arabic.
Root ن ح و n-ḥ-w. noun (feminine active-participle form, fāʿila used in the sense of mafʿūla). nāḥiya.
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Meaning of area in Arabic
- side, flank; a lateral or outward part of something the basic sense, equivalent to جانب (jānib)
- region, district, quarter, or tract; a part of a country or province
- an apartment or section of a house
- aside, apart (in the phrase عَلَى نَاحِيَةٍ / فِى نَاحِيَةٍ) used adverbially: جلس في ناحية منهم = 'he sat apart from them'
Example sentence
فَإِذا دخل على الحبيب أفيضت عَلَيْهِ الْخلْع من كل نَاحيَة
When he meets the beloved, gifts are poured upon him from all sides.
نَاحِيَةٍ sides
'Side / direction', the owner completing 'every direction', genitive (the tanwin), indefinite. The robes of honor pour in from all around.
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How it is used
Nāḥiya literally denotes a point one goes towards, hence any side, part, or district considered in relation to a whole. Its plural nawāḥin covers the outer parts or regions of a thing, and the singular is often best rendered simply as 'a part' or 'a region' of a place.
Words from the same root
- نَحَا to go towards, or in the direction of, someone or something (form I)
- نَحَّى to put a thing aside or away, remove it from its place (form II)
- أَنْحَى to lean or press upon; to apply forcefully, e.g. a knife or a blow (form IV)
- تَنَحَّى to withdraw, move away, or retire to a distance (form V)
- اِنْتَحَى to fall or incline forward, as in prostration (form VIII)
- نَحْوٌ direction, likeness, quantity; also 'about' in approximations (e.g. نحو ثلاثة, 'about three')
- نِحْىٌ a skin for holding liquids or clarified butter
Common questions
- How do you say "area" in Arabic?
- نَاحِيَة (nāḥiya) — it also covers 'side,' 'region,' 'district,' and 'part' of a place.
- What does نَاحِيَة literally mean?
- Literally 'a thing gone towards' (from the root nḥw, 'to go toward'), used for a side, part, or district of something.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).