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ryotwari

ryotwari noun: in British India, a system used to collect revenues directly from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land), as opposed to zamindari, where revenues were collected indirectly through zamindars.

Noun

ryotwari (uncountable)

  1. (historical) In British India, a system used to collect revenues directly from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land), as opposed to zamindari, where revenues were collected indirectly through zamindars.

ryotwari meaning in Tamil

ryotwari in Tamil

நேர்க் குடிவார முறை, நேர்க் குடிவாரமுறை

Forms of ryotwari

alternative formryotwar
alternative formryotwarri
alternative formryotwarry

Questions about ryotwari

What does ryotwari mean?
Ryotwari means in British India, a system used to collect revenues directly from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land), as opposed to zamindari, where revenues were collected indirectly through zamindars.
What is ryotwari in Tamil?
Ryotwari in Tamil is நேர்க் குடிவார முறை, நேர்க் குடிவாரமுறை. See Ryotwari meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ryotwari?
Ryotwari is a noun.

Words near ryotwari in the dictionary

  1. ryot
  2. ryotei
  3. ryoteis
  4. ryots
  5. ryotwar
  6. ryotwari
  7. ryotwarri
  8. ryotwarry
  9. rype
  10. rypeck
  11. rypecks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ryotwari (page history and authors); ryotwari (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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