ratha

See also: raða, raþa, and ráða

Irish

Noun

ratha

1. genitive singular of rath

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaða/

Verb

ratha (infinitive kũratha)

1. to shoot

   Arathĩte mũrũthi. ― S/he has shot a lion.

2. (of celestial bodies) to rise
3. to foresee
4. to profess

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to rise"): gũthũa

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• irathĩro class 5
• mũratho class 3

(Phrases)

• riũa rĩkĩratha

See also

• (to shoot): kũhũra, kũringa
• (to foresee): kũragũra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophones: rata, ratā
• Hyphenation: ra‧tha

Noun

ratha

1. chariot, car
2. vehicle

Derived terms

• aratha-rathan
• maratha

 

• ardharatha
• atiratha
• dewatāwatararatha
• mahāratha
• samaratha
• śūnyaratha

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦫꦠ (rata)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬣ (rata)

Further reading

• "ratha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀭𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• रथ (Devanagari script)
• রথ (Bengali script)
• රථ (Sinhalese script)
• ရထ (Burmese script)
• รถ or ระถะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣຖ or ຣະຖະ (Lao script)
• រថ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit रथ (rátha), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrátʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrátʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrót-h₂-os, from *Hret- (“to roll”). Cognate with Latin rota.

Noun

ratha m

1. a chariot, a car

Declension

Declension table of "ratha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ratho	rathā
Accusative (second)	rathaṃ	rathe
Instrumental (third)	rathena	rathehi or rathebhi
Dative (fourth)	rathassa or rathāya or rathatthaṃ	rathānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rathasmā or rathamhā or rathā	rathehi or rathebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rathassa	rathānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rathasmiṃ or rathamhi or rathe	rathesu
Vocative (calling)	ratha	rathā

Related terms

• sārathi (“charioteer”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ratha m

1. delight, pleasure

Declension

Declension table of "ratha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ratho	rathā
Accusative (second)	rathaṃ	rathe
Instrumental (third)	rathena	rathehi or rathebhi
Dative (fourth)	rathassa or rathāya or rathatthaṃ	rathānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rathasmā or rathamhā or rathā	rathehi or rathebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rathassa	rathānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rathasmiṃ or rathamhi or rathe	rathesu
Vocative (calling)	ratha	rathā

Derived terms

• manoratha

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ratha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead