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English word origin

Etymology of rath

Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.

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Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A Burmese carriage of state.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Hindi रथ (rath), from Sanskrit रथ (ratha).

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