# रथ
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रथ (ratha)

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾət̪ʰ/, [ɾɐt̪ʰ]

### Noun

रथ • (rath) m (Urdu spelling رتھ)
* a chariot
    रथ यात्रा ― rath yātrā ― Rath Yatra

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रथ (ratha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾət̪ʰ/

### Noun

रथ • (rath) m
* chariot

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “रथ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रथ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “रथ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रथ (ratha).

### Noun

रथ • (ratha) m
* chariot
** 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :पुंतार पुंतारि स्यउं असवार असवारि स्यउं रथ रथि स्यउं पायक पायकि स्यउं युद्ध नीपजावइ।puṃtāra puṃtāri syaüṃ asavāra asavāri syaüṃ ratha rathi syaüṃ pāyaka pāyaki syaüṃ yuddha nīpajāvaï.Mahout with mahout, rider with rider, chariot with chariot, foot soldier with foot soldier, there was war.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* ratha (Latin script)
* 𑀭𑀣 (Brahmi 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)

### Noun

रथ m
* Devanagari script form of ratha (“chariot; delight”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰথ (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬣ (Balinese script)
* রথ (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀣 (Brahmi script)
* ရထ (Burmese script)
* રથ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਥ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌥 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦡ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂟 (Kaithi script)
* ರಥ (Kannada script)
* រថ (Khmer script)
* ຣຖ (Lao script)
* രഥ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘞 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐠 (Newa script)
* ରଥ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢢ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆡 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖞 (Siddham script)
* රථ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩬 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚚 (Takri script)
* ரத² (Tamil script)
* రథ (Telugu script)
* รถ (Thai script)
* ར་ཐ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrátʰas (“chariot, car”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂-os, from *Hreth₂- (“to roll”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa, “chariot, car”), Latin rota, Old Irish roth, Old High German rad, Lithuanian ratas.

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɐ́.tʰɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɾɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

#### Noun

रथ • (rátha) stem, m
* 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
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.20.12:त उ॒ग्रासो॒ वृष॑ण उ॒ग्रबा॑हवो॒ नकि॑ष्ट॒नूषु॑ येतिरे। स्थि॒रा धन्वा॒न्यायु॑धा॒ रथे॑षु॒ वोऽनी॑के॒ष्वधि॒ श्रियः॑॥tá ugrā́so vṛ́ṣaṇa ugrábāhavo nákiṣṭanū́ṣu yetire. sthirā́ dhánvānyā́yudhā rátheṣu vóʼnīkeṣvádhi śríyaḥ.Fierce, vigorous, strong-armed, they need not exert (the energy of their) people; bows and arrows are ready in your chariots; the glory (of conquest) over (hostile) armies is yours.
* warrior, hero, champion

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

##### Derived terms

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

##### Descendants

* → Assamese: ৰথ (roth)
* → Bengali: রথ (roth)
* → Burmese: ရထား (ra.hta:)
* → Gujarati: રથ (rath)
* → Kannada: ರಥ (ratha)
* → Khmer: រថ (rŭət)
* → Lao: ລົດ (lot), ຣົຖ (rot)
* Pali: ratha
* Prakrit: 𑀭𑀳 (raha)
** Old Gujarati: रह (raha)
** Bengali: রত (rot)
* ⇒ Hindustani: rẽṛhū
    Hindi: रेंढ़ू
    Urdu: رینڑهو
* → Old Javanese: ratha
** Javanese: ꦫꦠ (rata)
** → Balinese: ᬭᬣ (rata)
* → Kannada: ರಥ (ratha)
* → Malayalam: രഥം (rathaṁ)
* → Marathi: रथ (rath)
* → Sinhalese: රථ (ratha), රථය (rathaya)
* → Tamil: இரதம் (iratam)
* → Telugu: రథము (rathamu)
* → Thai: รถ (rót)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “रथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 865, column 2.

### Etymology 2

From the root रम् (ram, “to rejoice”).

#### Noun

रथ • (ratha) stem, m
* pleasure, joy, delight (compare मनोरथ (manoratha))
* affection, love

##### Declension
#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “रथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 866, column 2.