uruḷ > ṛi > rátha in other Indo-European Languages (14)
According to Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, Sanskrit word rátha means “chariot or cart.” He also provides the cognates of rátha in other Indo-European languages:
Pali ratha-, rathaḳa-; Lahndā rēhṛā; Panjābī and Hindi rehṛā, rihṛā, rahṛū; Prakrit raha-; Sinhalese riya, hida.
All these cognates and the following words related to rátha originate from Tamil uruḷ.
rathavara, “splendid chariot.” rathaśīrṣá, “forepart of a carriage.” rathasārathi, “charioteer.” rathāṅgá, “chariot-wheel or potter’s wheel.” *rathiyā-, “road.” ráthya, “pertaining to a chariot or collection of chariots or chariot with its team or equipment.” *rathyadhānī, “instrument-case.” ráthyā, “carriage-road.” uparathyā-, “by-road.” virathyā, “by-road.” sā́rathi-, “charioteer.” pattraratha, “bird.” puṣyaratha, “a carriage for pleasure.”