Zayat n. : A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.

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Taxonomy
zayats, Zayat Kiss, Burma, 2006-06-04, Burmese language, free encyclopedia, British Burma, shelter, travelers, buddhist monks, Adoniram Judson, Burmese, the village, Christian missionaries, Konbaung dynasty, labor, daná, United States.

Defination from the web:
zayat are seen as daná (meritorious charity) ... Because of the importance of zayat based evangelism to Adoniram Judson's mission, and the prominence that his first wife Ann Hasseltine's letters ...