ریاست
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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): ,
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | riyāsat, rayāsat |
| Dari reading? | riyāsat |
| Iranian reading? | riyâsat |
| Tajik reading? | rayosat |
Noun
| Dari | ریاست |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | раёсат |
ریاست • (riyâsat)
- presidency
- انتخابات ریاست ― entexâbât-e riyâsat ― presidential elections
- directorship; leadership
Synonyms
Related terms
- رئیس (ra'is)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: rəyasət
- → Turkish: riyaset
- → Uyghur: رىياسەت (riyaset)
- → Uzbek: riyosat
- → Urdu: رِیاسَت (riyāsat)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ریاست (riyāsat), from Arabic رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa).
Pronunciation
Noun
رِیاسَت • (riyāsat) f (formal plural رِیاسات (riyāsāt) or رِیاسَتہا, Hindi spelling रियासत)
- (politics) rule, control
- Synonyms: اِقْتِدَار (iqtidār), مِلکِیَّت (milkiyyat)
- a state
- a sovereign state
- 1897, تاریخِ ہندوستان [tārīx-i hindūstān, The History of Hindustan], volume 4, page 75:
- بادشاہانِ دہلی کے تصرف میں ملتان آگیا ، جدا ریاست نہ رہی۔
- bādśāhān-e dihlī ke taṣarruf meṉ multān āgiya , judā riyast na rahī.
- Multan came under the control of the Delhi rulers, it was no longer a separate state.
- (historical) a princely state
- (dated or rare) the state of being rich
Declension
| Declension of ریاست | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | ریاست (riyāsat) | ریاستیں (riyāsatẽ) | ||||||
| oblique | ریاست (riyāsat) | ریاستوں (riyāsatõ) | ||||||
| vocative | ریاست (riyāsat) | ریاستو (riyāsato) | ||||||
Derived terms
- ریاستی (riyāstī)
References
- “ریاست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ریاست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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