रयत
See also: रैयत
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian رعیت (ra'iyat, “subject”), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, “subject”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
रयत • (rayat) f
- (historical) ryot, peasant, cultivator
- Synonym: शेतकरी (śetakrī)
- the people, subjects (of a polity)
Further reading edit
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रयत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 684
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “रयत-रय्यत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2592.