[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.12845 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12845 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12845 - **Language:** English ### [c10.12845](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12845) 1870.—“\*Ryot\* is a word which is much . . . misused. It is Arabic, but no doubt comes through the Persian. It means ‘protected one,’ ‘subject,’ ‘a commoner,’ as distinguished from ‘\*Raees\*’ or ‘\*noble\*.’ In a native mouth, to the present day, it is used in this sense, and not in that of tenant.”—\*Systems of Land Tenure (Cobden Club)\*, 166. - [Previous: c10.12844](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12844) - [Next: c10.12846](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12846) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12845](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12845) · Pramāṇa