ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Raiyat

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɹaɪət/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Raiyat is a noun meaning A peasant or agricultural labourer in South Asia.

Meaning

A peasant or agricultural labourer in South Asia.

Example Sentences

They are simply the rank-and-file—the food for fever—sharing with the ryot and the plough-bullock the honor of being the plinth on which the State rests.
In Ireland Paddy makes riots, in Bengal raiyats make paddy; and in this lies the difference between the paddy of green Bengal and Paddy of the Emerald Isle.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include occupancy, raiyot, riat, raiyatwari, raiatwari, ricer.

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