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siyāsat (for A. سیاسة , inf. n. of ساس (for سوس ) 'to manage; to rule,' etc.), s.f. Management, conduct (of affairs), right ordering, rule, government, governance, administration; jurisdiction, legal authority;—correction, punishment, chastisement; torture, pain, pang, agony; severity, rigour:—siyāsat karnā(-kī), To manage; to rule, govern, etc.; to chastise, etc.:—siyāsat-ě-mudun, or siyāsat-ě-mudunī, s.f. The art of government; civic economy, political economy:—siyāsat-meṅhonā, To be in torture, or agony, etc.
Origin: Persian