ऋते

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

ऋते • (ṛté) (with accusative or ablative)

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

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 226/1