Where does “ریا” come from?

ریا (Persian) comes from Arabic رِيَاء.

ریا (Persian): hypocrisy, dissimulation

Definitions

  1. hypocrisy, dissimulation

Ancestry of “ریا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicرِيَاء

Words derived from “ریا

Every word from Arabic رِيَاء
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