रथ

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HindiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Sanskrit रथ ‎(rátha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrátHas, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- ‎(“to roll”).

NounEdit

रथ • ‎(rath) m

1. a chariot

   रथ यात्रा‎ ― rath yātrā ― Rath Yatra

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PaliEdit

NounEdit

रथ m

1. Devanagari script form of ratha

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SanskritEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrátHas, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- ‎(“to roll”). Cognates include Latin rota, Old Irish roth, Old High German rad and Lithuanian ratas.

NounEdit

रथ • ‎(rátha) m

1. chariot, car, especially a two-wheeled war-chariot (lighter and swifter than the अनस् ‎(anas)), any vehicle or equipage or carriage (applied also to the vehicles of the gods), waggon, cart
2. warrior, hero, champion
3. the body
4. limb, member, part
5. Calamus rotang, a rattan palm.
6. Dalbergia ougeinensis, blackwood
7. = पौरुष ‎(pauruṣa)

DeclensionEdit

Masculine a-stem declension of रथ
Nom. sg.	रथः ‎(rathaḥ)
Gen. sg.	रथस्य ‎(rathasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रथः ‎(rathaḥ)	रथौ ‎(rathau)	रथाः ‎(rathāḥ)
Vocative	रथ ‎(ratha)	रथौ ‎(rathau)	रथाः ‎(rathāḥ)
Accusative	रथम् ‎(ratham)	रथौ ‎(rathau)	रथान् ‎(rathān)
Instrumental	रथेन ‎(rathena)	रथाभ्याम् ‎(rathābhyām)	रथैः ‎(rathaiḥ)
Dative	रथाय ‎(rathāya)	रथाभ्याम् ‎(rathābhyām)	रथेभ्यः ‎(rathebhyaḥ)
Ablative	रथात् ‎(rathāt)	रथाभ्याम् ‎(rathābhyām)	रथेभ्यः ‎(rathebhyaḥ)
Genitive	रथस्य ‎(rathasya)	रथयोः ‎(rathayoḥ)	रथानाम् ‎(rathānām)
Locative	रथे ‎(rathe)	रथयोः ‎(rathayoḥ)	रथेषु ‎(ratheṣu)

DescendantsEdit

• Khmer រថ ‎(rôth)
• Lao: ລົດ ‎(lot), ຣົຖ ‎(rot)
• Telugu: రథము ‎(rathamu)
• Thai รถ ‎(rōht)

Derived termsEdit

• दशरथ ‎(daśaratha)
• रथसप्तमी ‎(rathasaptamī)
• रथोत्सव ‎(rathotsava)

Etymology 2Edit

From verbal root रमते ‎(√ram, “to delight, be glad, rejoice etc.”).

NounEdit

रथ • ‎(ratha) m

1. pleasure, joy, delight (compare मनोरथ ‎(mano-ratha))
2. affection, love

DeclensionEdit

Masculine a-stem declension of रथ
Nom. sg.	रथः ‎(rathaḥ)
Gen. sg.	रथस्य ‎(rathasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रथः ‎(rathaḥ)	रथौ ‎(rathau)	रथाः ‎(rathāḥ)
Vocative	रथ ‎(ratha)	रथौ ‎(rathau)	रथाः ‎(rathāḥ)
Accusative	रथम् ‎(ratham)	रथौ ‎(rathau)	रथान् ‎(rathān)
Instrumental	रथेन ‎(rathena)	रथाभ्याम् ‎(rathābhyām)	रथैः ‎(rathaiḥ)
Dative	रथाय ‎(rathāya)	रथाभ्याम् ‎(rathābhyām)	रथेभ्यः ‎(rathebhyaḥ)
Ablative	रथात् ‎(rathāt)	रथाभ्याम् ‎(rathābhyām)	रथेभ्यः ‎(rathebhyaḥ)
Genitive	रथस्य ‎(rathasya)	रथयोः ‎(rathayoḥ)	रथानाम् ‎(rathānām)
Locative	रथे ‎(rathe)	रथयोः ‎(rathayoḥ)	रथेषु ‎(ratheṣu)

ReferencesEdit

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0865