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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɽɐ́.t̪ʰɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɽɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

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. Synonym of 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

• Burmese: ရထား (ra.hta:)
• 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