ریاست

Persian

Noun

ریاست • (riyâsat)

  1. presidency
  2. directorship
  3. leadership

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریاست‎ (riyāsat), from Arabic رِئَاسَة‎ (riʔāsa).

Pronunciation

Noun

رِیاسَت • (riyāsat) f (plural ریاستہا‎, Hindi spelling रियासत)

  1. a province
  2. a sovereign state
  3. rule, control
  4. (historical) a princely state
  5. (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)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ریاستی‎ (riyāstī)

References
  • “ریاست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ریاست”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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