raiyat means A peasant or agricultural labourer in South Asia. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
raiyat is pronounced /ˈɹaɪət/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu رَعِیَّت (ra'iyat, “peasant”), from Classical Persian رعیت (ra'iyyat, “peasants; population”), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, “flock, herd”).
noun
- 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.”