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ryot
[ rahy-uht ]
/ ˈraɪ ət /
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noun (in India)
a peasant.
a person who holds land as a cultivator of the soil.
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Origin of ryot
1615–25; <Hindi raiyat<Persian <Arabic raʿīyah subjects, literally, flock
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British Dictionary definitions for ryot
ryot
/ (ˈraɪət) /
noun
(in India) a peasant or tenant farmer
Word Origin for ryot
C17: from Hindi ra`īyat, from Arabic ra`īyah flock, peasants, from ra`ā pasture
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