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Where does “ریاست” come from?

ریاست (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian ریاست, from Arabic رِئَاسَة.

ریاست (Urdu): a sovereign state; rule, control; a princely...

Definitions

  1. a sovereign state; rule, control; a princely...

Ancestry of “ریاست”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianریاست—
2Arabicرِئَاسَة—
Every word from Arabic رِئَاسَة →