رعیت

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾa.ʔij.jat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.ʔi.jät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːj.jät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räj.jät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæʔ.jæt̪], [ɹæ.ʔi.jæt̪], [ɹæ.ʔij.jæt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.ʔi.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ra'iyyat
Dari reading^?	ra'iyat
Iranian reading^?	ra'yat, ra'iyat, ra'iyyat
Tajik reading^?	raʾiyat

Noun


Iranian Persian	رعیت
Dari	رعیت
Tajik	раият

رعیت • (ra'yat) (plural رعایا (ro'âyâ) or رعیت‌ها (ra'yat-hâ))

commoner, subject

Descendants

→ Assamese: ৰায়ত (rayot)
→ Bengali: রায়ত (raẏot)
→ Gojri: رعیت
→ Gujarati: રૈયત (raiyat)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: रैयत (raiyat)

Urdu: رَعِیَتْ (ra'iyat)
- → English: ryot
→ Kannada: ರೈತ (raita)
→ Konkani: =rayat
Devanagari script: रयत

Kannada script: ರಯ್ತ್
→ Maithili: raiatī
Devanagari script: रैअति

Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒻𑒁𑒞𑒱
→ Malayalam: രയിത്തൻ (rayittaṉ)
→ Malvi: रय्यत (rayyat)
→ Marathi: rayat
Devanagari script: रयत

Modi script: 𑘨𑘧𑘝
→ Marwari:
Devanagari script: रइयत (raiyat), रय्यत (rayyat), रैत (rait)

Mahajani script: 𑅭𑅑𑅛𑅣 (rijt), 𑅭𑅛𑅛𑅣 (rjjt)
→ Nepali: रैती (raitī)
→ Old Punjabi: ਰਈਅਤਿ (raīati), ਰਯਤਿ (rayati /⁠rayyati⁠/)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਇਤ (rāita)
  
  Shahmukhi script: رائت (rā'it)
→ Sindhi:
Arabic script: رَعْيَتَ, رَعِيَّتَ

Devanagari script: रैअत

Khudabadi script: 𑋙𑋦𑊰𑋍 (raiata)
→ Tamil: ரயத் (rayat)
→ Tulu: ರಯಿತೆ (rayite), ರೈತೆ (raite)
→ Telugu: రైతు (raitu), రయితు (rayitu)