peasant in Malay
petani
/ˈpɛzənt/
peasant in Malay: petani. In English, peasant means a member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
Malay words for peasant
- member of the agriculture low class
- petani
English meaning of peasant
- noun A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
- noun A country person.
- noun An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
- noun A worker unit.
Synonyms of peasant
peasant in other languages
- peasant in Hindi
- peasant in Tamil
- peasant in Urdu
- peasant in Bengali
- peasant in Malayalam
- peasant in Kannada
- peasant in Gujarati
- peasant in Sanskrit
- peasant in Sinhala
- peasant in Assamese
- peasant in Pashto
- peasant in Arabic
- peasant in Indonesian
- peasant in Thai
- peasant in Vietnamese
- peasant in Myanmar
Questions about peasant in Malay
- What is the meaning of peasant in Malay?
- Peasant in Malay is petani.
- Apakah maksud peasant dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Peasant: petani.
- What does peasant mean in English?
- Peasant means a member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
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