รถ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • ratha (Latin script)
  • 𑀭𑀣 (Brahmi script)
  • रथ (Devanagari script)
  • রথ (Bengali script)
  • රථ (Sinhalese script)
  • ရထ (Burmese script)
  • ระถะ (Thai script)
  • ᩁᨳ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຣຖ or ຣະຖະ (Lao script)
  • រថ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄢𑄗 (Chakma script)

Noun

รถ m

  1. Thai script form of ratha (“chariot; delight”)

Declension

Declension table of "รถ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)รโถ (ratho)รถา (rathā)
Accusative (second)รถํ (rathaṃ)รเถ (rathe)
Instrumental (third)รเถน (rathena)รเถหิ (rathehi) or รเถภิ (rathebhi)
Dative (fourth)รถสฺส (rathassa) or รถาย (rathāya) or รถตฺถํ (rathatthaṃ)รถานํ (rathānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)รถสฺมา (rathasmā) or รถมฺหา (rathamhā) or รถา (rathā)รเถหิ (rathehi) or รเถภิ (rathebhi)
Genitive (sixth)รถสฺส (rathassa)รถานํ (rathānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)รถสฺมิํ (rathasmiṃ) or รถมฺหิ (rathamhi) or รเถ (rathe)รเถสุ (rathesu)
Vocative (calling)รถ (ratha)รถา (rathā)

Thai

Etymology

From Pali ratha (“chariot”), from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “idem”), possibly via Old Khmer ratha (“chariot; cart; wagon”). Cognate with Modern Khmer រថ (rŭət); Lao ລົດ (lot), ຣົຖ (rot); Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod).

Pronunciation

Orthographicรถ
r tʰ
Phonemic
รด
r ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonrót
Royal Instituterot
(standard) IPA(key)/rot̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones
 
รด
รท
รส

Noun

รถ • (rót)

  1. (archaic) chariot, carriage, cart, wagon, or the like.
    • (Can we date this quote?), มงกุฎเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว, พระบาทสมเด็จพระ, “คำพากย์ พระราชนิพนธ์ในรัชกาลที่ ๖”, in ประชุมคำพากย์รามเกียรติ์ เล่ม ๑‎[1], Bangkok, published 2003:
      พญาขรขึ้นทรงรถมณี กงกำล้ำดี
      pá-yaa kɔ̌ɔn kʉ̂n song rót má-nii · gong-gam lám dii
      Phaya Khon mounted [and] rode [upon] a jewelled chariot, of which the wheels were so marvelous!
    • (Can we date this quote?), สุนทรภู่, “ตอนที่ ๓๕ พระอภัยติดท้ายรถ”, in พระอภัยมณี‎[2], Bangkok, published 2001:
      ฝ่ายละเวงวัณฬามาบนรถ...สุลาลีตีม้าให้คลาเคลื่อน
      fàai lá-weeng wan-laa maa bon rót ... sù-laa-lii dtii máa hâi klaa-klʉ̂ʉan
      As for Laweng Wanla, [she] came on a chariot...[whilst] Sulali hit the horses to move [forwards].
  2. wheeled vehicle (of any kind).
    รถลูกชิ้น
    rót lûuk-chín
    meatball(-vending) bike
    รถสามล้อ
    rót sǎam-lɔ́ɔ
    trishaw
    (literally) three-wheeled bike
    รถเครื่อง
    rót krʉ̂ʉang
    motorbike
    รถทัวร์
    rót tuua
    tour bus
    รถแข่ง
    rót kɛ̀ng
    racing car (car used in auto racing)
  3. used as a title for a wheeled vehicle.
    รถจี๊ป
    rót jíip
    jeep car

Usage notes

  • Generally, wheeled vehicles are classified by the classifier คัน (kan).
  • Chariots are classified by หลัง (lǎng) or, if belonging to a royal person, องค์ (ong). Carts are classified by เล่ม (lêm).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lao: ຣົຖ (rot), ລົດ (lot)

Further reading

  • “รถ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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