ऋते
Sanskrit
Etymology
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”).
Preposition
ऋते • (ṛté) (with accusative or ablative)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ऋते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 226/1.
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