रियासत
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ریاست (riyāsat), from Arabic رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa). Compare Punjabi ਰਿਆਸਤ (riāsat).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) 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
| 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