ریاست

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾi.jɑː.ˈsat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ri.jɑː.sǽt̪]

• (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): [ɾi.jɔ.sǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	riyāsat
Dari reading?	riyāsat
Iranian reading?	riyâsat
Tajik reading?	riyosat

Noun

ریاست • (riyâsat)

1. presidency

   انتخابات ریاست ― entexâbât-e riyâsat ― presidential elections

2. directorship; leadership

Related terms

• رئیس (ra'is)

 

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɪ.jɑː.sət̪/

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• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: رِ‧یا‧سَت

Noun

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

1. (politics) rule, control

   Synonyms: اِقْتِدَار (iqtidār), مِلکِیَّت (milkiyyat)

2. a state

   Synonym: صُوبَہ (ṣūba, “province”)

3. 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.

4. (historical) a princely state
5. (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, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ریاست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.