रदति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rádati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rádati, from Proto-Indo-European *réh₁d-e-ti, from *reh₁d-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (rāδaⁱti, “to pave”), Latin rādō (“I scrape”), Old English ræt (whence English rat), and English razor.

The short vowel in Sanskrit is a problem. Lubotsky (1981, 1989) has proposed that the loss of the laryngeal in Proto-Indo-Iranian could be attributed to glottalic theory. Cheung suggests the long vowel in Avestan is a derivation from a nominal form, since it is a hapax legomenon.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́.dɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.d̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

रदति • (rádati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root रद्)^[2]

to scratch, scrape; gnaw, bite
to cut a path, pave
to lead a river into a channel
to convey, bestow

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hrad”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
^ Monier Williams (1899) “रदति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 866.

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hrad”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186

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

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