Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raiyat

/ˈɹaɪət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rai-yat
IPA: /ˈɹaɪət/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A peasant or agricultural labourer in South Asia.

Example Sentences

"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."
"They are simply the rank-and-file—the food for fever—sharing with the ryot and the plough-bullock the honor of being the plinth on which the State rests."

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu رَعِیَّت (ra'iyat, “peasant”), from Classical Persian رعیت (ra'iyyat, “peasants; population”), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, “flock, herd”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: رَعِیَّت, رعیت, رَعِيَّة, ر ع ي

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹaɪət/
British English: /ˈɹaɪət/

Inflected Forms

raiyats (plural) raiat (alternative) ryot (alternative)

Homonyms

riot

Questions

How do you pronounce raiyat?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪət/.
What does raiyat mean?: A peasant or agricultural labourer in South Asia.
Where does raiyat come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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