ryot
/ˈrʌɪət
/noun dated
An Indian peasant or tenant farmer.The Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and the Director of Seed Certification also visited the farm and answered the queries of the ryots....
- The unscrupulous ryots have been filling up open pits with tank water through a drain.
- Because, in the preceding years, the ryots underwent a severe prolonged spell of drought.
Origin
From Urdu raiyat, from Arabic ra‘īyya 'flock, subjects', from ra‘ā 'to pasture'.
Rhymes
- underperformance
- underpin
- underpinning
- under plain cover
- underplant
- underplay
- underplot
- underpopulated
- underpopulation
- underpowered
- underprepared
- underprice
- underprivileged
- underproduce
- underproduction
- underproof
- underprop
- under protest
- underqualified
- underquote
- underrate
- under-read
- under-record
- under-rehearsed
- under-report