रियासत
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ریاست (riyāsat), from Arabic رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa). Compare Punjabi ਰਿਆਸਤ (riāsat).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
रियासत • (riyāsat) f (Urdu spelling ریاست)
- a sovereign state
- Synonym: राज्य (rājya)
- rule, control
- (historical) a princely state
Declension edit
Declension of रियासत (fem cons-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रियासत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 864