रियासत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (riyāsat), from Arabic رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa). Compare Punjabi ਰਿਆਸਤ (riāsat).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɪ.jɑː.sət̪/, [ɾi.jäː.sɐt̪]

Noun

रियासत • (riyāsat) f (Urdu spelling ریاست)

a sovereign state
Synonym: राज्य (rājya)
rule, control
(historical) a princely state

Declension

Declension of रियासत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रियासत riyāsat	रियासतें riyāsatẽ
oblique	रियासत riyāsat	रियासतों riyāsatõ
vocative	रियासत riyāsat	रियासतो riyāsato

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रियासत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 864

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