The story
- Arabic · derived fromرَعِيَّة“flock, herd”
- Classical Persian · derived fromرَعِیَّت“population, peasants”
- Urdu · derived fromرعیت“peasant”
- Hindi · derived fromरैयत“peasant”
- English todayryot
17th century. From Hindi रैयत (raiyat, “peasant”), from Urdu رعیت (ra'iyat, “peasant”), from Classical Persian رَعِیَّت (ra'iyyat, “population, peasants”), from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya, “flock, herd”).
Words from the same roots
Arabicرَعِيَّة all →
raiyat
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.