Etymology

rivayat

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Today it means: A question-and-answer style correspondence between early modern South Asian and Iranian Zoroastrians, typically addressing matters of theology, ritual, or religious law. Full definition →

Hindi रिवायत ← Urdu رِوایَت ← Persian روایت
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromرِوَايَة“narration”
  2. Persian · derived fromروایت
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromرِوایَت
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromरिवायत
  5. English todayrivayat

Borrowed from Hindi रिवायत (rivāyat) or Urdu رِوایَت (rivāyat), Persian روایت (revâyat), ultimately from Arabic رِوَايَة (riwāya, “narration”).

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