raiyat

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹaɪət/    美 /ˈɹaɪət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A peasant or agricultural labourer in South Asia.
    — 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.

词形变化

raiyats plural raiyat plural raiat alternative ryot alternative

词源

Borrowed from Urdu رَعِیَّت (ra'iyat, “peasant”), from Classical Persian رعیت (ra'iyyat, “peasants; population”), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, “flock, herd”).
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