The Arabic word for nationalism was a Turkish coinage meaning factionalism

Evidence

It is interesting that the modern Arabic term for nationalism, qawmiyya, first appears in Turkish (Kavmiyet) not in Arabic, and is a term of abuse not praise, with a connotation of divisive tribalism or factionalism. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 830

Categorization

• DEFINE: Etymology of qawmiyya: borrowed from Turkish Kavmiyet, originally pejorative.
• CANDY: A light etymological fact about a major political term.