different between wilayah vs mintaqah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (wil?ya)

Noun

wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat)

1. A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.

Related terms

• vilayet

Acehnese

Noun

wilayah

1. territory

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wilayah, from Arabic ????????? (wil?ya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wila??y??/

Noun

wilayah (first-person possessive wilayahku, second-person possessive wilayahmu, third-person possessive wilayahnya)

1. territory, area or region

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (wil?ya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wila??y??/

Noun

wilayah (Jawi spelling ??????, plural wilayah-wilayah, informal 1st possessive wilayahku, impolite 2nd possessive wilayahmu, 3rd possessive wilayahnya)

1. territory, area or region

Further reading

• “wilayah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

English

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (min?aqa, “area”).

Noun

mintaqah (plural manatiq)

1. (Arabic term, politics administration) A first-level country subdivision used in Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries.

Usage notes

• The term mintaqah is often translated as region or, in Saudi Arabia, as province; however, the literal meaning is simply area. Translating mintaqah as province can cause confusion, due to the fact that the term wilayah — another Arabian first-level country subdivision — is usually translated as province.

See also

• baladiyah
• imarah
• muhafazah
• mudiriya
• qadaa
• shabiyah
• wilayah