ऋते

From the locative singular of ऋत (ṛtá, “met with, afflicted by”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to separate”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “lonesome, solitary”), Latin rarus (“far apart, rare”) (English rare) and Lithuanian irti (“to fall apart”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /r̩.t̪ɐ́j/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈr̩.t̪eː/

ऋते • (ṛté) (with accusative or ablative)

1. excepting
2. besides
3. unless
4. with the exclusion of
5. without

• Monier Williams (1899), “ऋते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 226/1.