different between ryot vs rynt

English

Etymology

17th century. From Hindi ???? (raiyat, “peasant”), from Urdu ????? (ra'iyat, “peasant”), from Persian ????? (ra'eyat, “population, peasants”), from Arabic ????????? (ra?iyya, “flock, herd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.?t/, /??a?.?t/
• Rhymes: -a??t
• Homophone: riot

Noun

ryot (plural ryots)

1. (India) A farmer or tiller of the soil.

References

• ryot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Tory, Troy, tory, troy, tyro

English

Alternative forms

• roynt, runt

Etymology

Likely from a corruption of "rowan tree", a phrase which would have been chanted in order to drive off witches, since the tree was believed to be a ward against evil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?nt/
• Rhymes: -a?nt

Verb

rynt (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)

1. (archaic, reflexive) stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them)

See also

• aroint
• runte
• arunt

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “rynt”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN