Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic ـِيَّات (-iyyāt). Compare Hindi -विद्या (-vidyā) or Hindi -इकी (-ikī).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

ـیات (-iyāt) (Hindi spelling -इयात)

  1. denoting the science, study or branch of knowledge of the thing denoted by the word it is suffixed to: -logy, -ology
  2. -ics

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