𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

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

Noun

𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 • (raθa) m

chariot, car

References

M. Mayrhofer, “Abiratta(s),” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/2, p. 218; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abirattas-proper-name-said-to-be-of-indo-aryan-origin (accessed on 26 April 2017).

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