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, and possibly Persian رخ (rox).

Noun

𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 • (raθa) m

1. chariot, car

Declension

Declension of 𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (YAv, masculine a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬋 (raθō)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)
vocative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)
accusative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬆𐬨 (raθəm)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬄 (raθą)
instrumental	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (raθaēibiia)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁𐬌𐬱 (raθāiš)
dative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁𐬌 (raθāi)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (raθaēibiia)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (raθaēibiiō)
ablative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁𐬝 (raθāt̰)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (raθaēibiia)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (raθaēibiiō)
genitive	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬵𐬈 (raθahe)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 (raθaiiā̊)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (raθanąm)
locative	𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬚𐬈 (raiθe)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 (raθaiiō)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬎 (raθaēšu)

Declension of 𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (OAv, masculine a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬋 (raθō)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁 (raθā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁 (raθā)
vocative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁 (raθā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁 (raθā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁 (raθā)
accusative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬆𐬨 (raθəm)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁 (raθā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬇𐬧𐬔 (raθə̄ṇg)
instrumental	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁 (raθā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (raθōibiiā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁𐬌𐬱 (raθāiš)
dative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁𐬌 (raθāi)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (raθōibiiā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (raθaēibiiō)
ablative	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬁𐬝 (raθāt̰)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬋𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬁 (raθōibiiā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (raθaēibiiō)
genitive	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁 (raθahiiā)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 (raθaiiā̊)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (raθanąm)
locative	𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬚𐬉 (raiθē)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 (raθaiiō)	𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬏 (raθaēšū)

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).