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raiyats

raiyats is the plural of raiyat.

Meaning of raiyat

Noun

raiyat (plural raiyats or raiyat)

  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.1874, Lál Behári Day, Govinda Sámanta, or the history of a Bengal Ráiyat

Questions about raiyats

What is raiyats the plural of?
Raiyats is the plural of raiyat.

Words near raiyats in the dictionary

  1. Raithby
  2. Raithby by Spilsby
  3. Raithby cum Maltby
  4. raither
  5. raiyat
  6. raiyats
  7. raiyatwari
  8. raiyot
  9. raiyots
  10. Raizal
  11. raj

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