ar > ra > rañj > rakta in other East Indo-European languages (7)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word rakta means “coloured, dyed, red, and blood.” The word rakta is derived from the root rañj, meaning “dye.” He also lists the cognates of rakta in other East Indo-European languages and dialects:
Pali ratta-; Prakrit ratta-; Gypsy rat; Ḍumāki rot; Ashkun ŕutustäˊ; Waigalī ǰā̆tə, žatə, ẓata; Gambīrī J̣atåˊ; Woṭapūrī rat; Bashkarīk rΛt; Tōrwālī žed; Maiyã rāt; Phalūṛa rā̆t; Kashmiri rath; Sindhī ratu, rato, racaṇu; Lahndā ratt, rat, rattā; Panjābī ratt, rattā; West Pahāṛī and Bhalesī (dialect of West Pahāṛī) ratt, rātu; Kumaunī ratuwā (ruddy); in Gaṅgoī (dialect of Kumaunī) rāt; Nepāli rāto; Assamese rātā, rātul; Middle Bengali rātula; Oṛiyā ratā ; Old Maithilī rātula; Awadhī rātā; Hindī rātā, rātnā; Gujarātī rātũ; Marāṭhī rāt, rātā (red); Sinhalese rat-a, ratu; Maldivian (dialect of Sinhalese) rat, rai.
All these cognates and the following words related to rakta originate from the Tamil root ar.
alakta, a particular red substance, probably lac or lac dye. raktākṣa, red-eyed, buffalo, pigeon raktāma, red stools. raktāmra, a species of plant. raktālu, a red yam, Dioscorea purpurea. raktikā, Abrus precatorius (the red and black seed used as a weight).