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ryot

N ชาวนา  ชาวนา ที่ มี ที่ดิน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RYOT

n.In Hindoostan, a renter of land by a lease which is considered as perpetual, and at a rate fixed by ancient surveys and valuations.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RYOT

Ry "ot, n. Etym: [Ar. & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah. ]

 

Defn: A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [India ] The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world. The Nation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ryot

ry ot |ˈrīət ˈraɪət | noun an Indian peasant or tenant farmer. ORIGIN from Urdu raiyat, from Arabic ra ῾īyya flock, subjects, from ra ῾ā to pasture.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ryot

ryot |ˈrʌɪət | noun dated an Indian peasant or tenant farmer. ORIGIN from Urdu raiyat, from Arabic ra ‘īyya flock, subjects , from ra ‘ā to pasture .