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ri`āyat (for A. رعایة , inf. n. of رعی 'to pasture, to tend'), s.f. Guarding, protecting, tending, looking (after), taking care (of, -kī), paying attention (to); observance, respect, regard, attention, honour; kindness, favour, patronage, partiality; indulgence, remission, mitigation, abatement; pity, clemency, leniency;—a form of writing in which the ideas introduced correspond with that suggested by the first word (e.g. the word 'garden' requires that the images in the sentences following should be 'verdure,' 'flowers,' 'birds,' etc.):—ri`āyat karnā(-kī), To make observance (of), be careful, take care (of); to pay regard or heed or attention (to); to show favour or indulgence (to), to be partial (to), be lenient, be indulgent; to remit, to mitigate.
Origin: Persian