ریاست

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾi.jaː.ˈsat/, /ɾa.jaː.ˈsat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ri.jɑː.sǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ri.jɑː.sǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ri.jɔː.sǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹi.jɒː.sǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.jɔ.sǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	riyāsát, rayāsát
Dari reading^?	riyāsat
Iranian reading^?	riyâsat
Tajik reading^?	rayosat

Noun


Iranian Persian	ریاست
Dari	ریاست
Tajik	раёсат

ریاست • (riyâsat)

presidency
― entexâbât-e riyâsat ― presidential elections
directorship; leadership

Synonyms

سروری (sarvari)
رهبری (rahbari)

Related terms

رئیس (ra'is)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: rəyasət
→ Turkish: riyaset
→ Uyghur: رىياسەت (riyaset)
→ Uzbek: riyosat
→ Urdu: رِیاسَت (riyāsat)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɪ.jɑː.sət̪/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ət̪
Hyphenation: رِ‧یا‧سَت

Noun

رِیاسَت • (riyāsat) f (formal plural رِیاسات (riyāsāt) or رِیاسَتہا, Hindi spelling रियासत)

(politics) rule, control
Synonyms: اِقْتِدَار (iqtidār), مِلکِیَّت (milkiyyat)
a state
Synonym: صُوبَہ (ṣūba, “province”)
a sovereign state
Synonym: مَملُکَت (mamlukat, “kingdom; 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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