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)

1. a sovereign state

   Synonym: राज्य (rājya)

2. rule, control
3. (historical) a princely state

Declension

Declension of रियासत (fem cons-stem)

	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