raṭṭha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀝𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• रट्ठ (Devanagari script)
• রট্ঠ (Bengali script)
• රට‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• ရဋ္ဌ or ရꩦ္ꩧ or ရꩦ်ꩧ (Burmese script)
• รฏฺฐ or รัฏฐะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨭᩛ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣຏ຺ຐ or ຣັຏຐະ (Lao script)
• រដ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄑𑄴𑄒 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra).

Noun

raṭṭha n

1. country, reign, kingdom

   Te raṭṭhasmā pabbājitā himavantapasse pokkharaṇiyā tīre mahāsākasaṇḍo, tattha vāsaṃ kappesuṃ.

   And being thus banished they took up their dwelling on the slopes of the Himālaya, on the borders of a lake where a mighty oak tree grew.

raṭṭha m

1. people in the country, population, inhabitant

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raṭṭhaṃ	raṭṭhāni
Accusative (second)	raṭṭhaṃ	raṭṭhāni
Instrumental (third)	raṭṭhena	raṭṭhehi or raṭṭhebhi
Dative (fourth)	raṭṭhassa or raṭṭhāya or raṭṭhatthaṃ	raṭṭhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	raṭṭhasmā or raṭṭhamhā or raṭṭhā or raṭṭhato	raṭṭhehi or raṭṭhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	raṭṭhassa	raṭṭhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	raṭṭhasmiṃ or raṭṭhamhi or raṭṭhe	raṭṭhesu
Vocative (calling)	raṭṭha	raṭṭhāni

Declension table of "raṭṭha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raṭṭho	raṭṭhā
Accusative (second)	raṭṭhaṃ	raṭṭhe
Instrumental (third)	raṭṭhena	raṭṭhehi or raṭṭhebhi
Dative (fourth)	raṭṭhassa or raṭṭhāya or raṭṭhatthaṃ	raṭṭhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	raṭṭhasmā or raṭṭhamhā or raṭṭhā	raṭṭhehi or raṭṭhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	raṭṭhassa	raṭṭhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	raṭṭhasmiṃ or raṭṭhamhi or raṭṭhe	raṭṭhesu
Vocative (calling)	raṭṭha	raṭṭhā

Declension table of "raṭṭha" (masculine)

Descendants

• Burmese: ရဋ္ဌ (rathta.)
• Khmer: រដ្ឋ (rŏət)
• Lao: ລັດຖະ (lat tha)
• Thai: รัฐ (rát)