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单词 kisan
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Definition of kisan in English:

kisan

noun kɪˈsɑːnkiˈsän
Indian
  • An agricultural worker; a peasant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That spells good news not only for the kisan but for the entire populace.
    • Singh argues that the kisans, the peasants, have been active in changing their situation.
    • The rest of us, the small kisans, are doing very badly.
    • Schools and shops closed: milkmaids and cowherds had taken a holiday; the kisan and his helpmate took a temporary respite from their dawn-to-dusk programme of hard work in field and home.
    • The banks could provide microfinance to the kisan to buy livestock, chickens and equipment.

Origin

1930s: Hindi kisān, from Sanskrit kṛṣāṇa 'person who ploughs'.

 
 

Definition of kisan in US English:

kisan

nounkiˈsän
Indian
  • An agricultural worker; a peasant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Singh argues that the kisans, the peasants, have been active in changing their situation.
    • That spells good news not only for the kisan but for the entire populace.
    • The banks could provide microfinance to the kisan to buy livestock, chickens and equipment.
    • The rest of us, the small kisans, are doing very badly.
    • Schools and shops closed: milkmaids and cowherds had taken a holiday; the kisan and his helpmate took a temporary respite from their dawn-to-dusk programme of hard work in field and home.

Origin

1930s: Hindi kisān, from Sanskrit kṛṣāṇa ‘person who plows’.

 
 
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