Urdu · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Ryotwari
रैयतवारी
said rye-ot-WAA-ree
also written: raiyatwari
Meaning
A land-revenue system in which the state settled and collected revenue directly from the individual cultivator, without a zamindar intermediary.
Literally: cultivator-wise
Related words
ARABIC
Ryot
A peasant cultivator who tills the soil and pays land revenue; the common subject in the revenue order.
PERSIAN
Zamindari
The estate, rights and revenue domain of a zamindar; the system of landholding based on such intermediaries.
PERSIAN
Malguzari
The land revenue payable to the state; the system and obligation of paying that revenue.