Sanskrit · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Batai

बटाई

said ba-TAA-ee

also written: batai, bhaoli

Meaning

A mode of revenue assessment by crop-sharing, in which the state took a fixed share of the actual harvested produce.

Literally: a dividing, share

Related words

Self-restraint; holding one's emotions or impulses in check.

A share-cropping tenant who cultivates another's land for a portion of the produce.