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ریت

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See also: زيت, ريب, and زیپ

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀭𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*retta), from Sanskrit रेत्र (retra), perhaps of non-Aryan origin; see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ریت (retf (Hindi spelling रेत)

  1. sand
Declension
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Declension of ریت
singular plural
direct رِیت (rīt) رِیتیں (rītẽ)
oblique رِیت (rīt) رِیتوں (rītõ)
vocative رِیت (rīt) رِیتو (rīto)

Further reading

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  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “ریت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 721
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “ریت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 610
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ریت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 352
  • ریت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • ریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit रीति (rīti).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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رِیت (rītf (Hindi spelling रीत)

  1. custom, tradition
    Synonym: رَسْم (rasm)
  2. (Hinduism) rite
Declension
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Declension of ریت
singular plural
direct رِیت (rīt) رِیتیں (rītẽ)
oblique رِیت (rīt) رِیتوں (rītõ)
vocative رِیت (rīt) رِیتو (rīto)

Further reading

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  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “ریت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 721
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “ریت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 610
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ریت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 352
  • ریت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • ریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.