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ryot

/ˈɹaɪ.ɪt/
/ˈɹaɪ.ət/

Sounds like riot · Rhymes with -aɪət

Where it comes from

17th century. From Hindi रैयत (raiyat, “peasant”), from Urdu رعیت (ra'iyat, “peasant”), from Classical Persian رَعِیَّت (ra'iyyat, “population, peasants”), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, “flock, herd”).

noun ryots · raiyot · riat

India A farmer or tiller of the soil. We have seen, however, how the condition arose, namely, that the Government at first half-intended to make a permanent settlement direct with the ryots, but subsequently altered its intention and devolved this duty upon the zemindars.

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@misc{ryot_2026,
  title = {ryot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ryot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}