ریا

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِيَاء (riyāʔ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? riyā
Dari reading? riyā
Iranian reading? riyâ
Tajik reading? riyo

Noun

Dari ریا
Iranian Persian
Tajik рийо

ریا (riyâ)

  1. hypocrisy, dissimulation

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ریا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim