रच्

See also: रुच्, रिच्, रोच, and रुचि

Sanskrit

A late-attested root, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rak- (“to prepare”), and related to Persian (raxt, “tapestry, rugs, goods”), Khotanese [script needed] (raha-, “dress”). The Indo-Iranian root is traditionally derived further from Proto-Indo-European *rek- (“to prepare”), and connected to Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rahnjan, “to reckon, count”), Proto-Slavic *reťi (“to say”), and Lithuanian rė̃kti (“to cry out”). However, some of these potential cognates (particularly 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽) are formally and semantically doubtful.

रच् • (rac)

cl.10 P. (Dhātup. xxxv, 12) रचयति (pf. रचयाम्-आस Kathās. ; irr. fut. रचिष्यति Hariv. [with v.l. करिष्यति] ; and ind.p. रचयित्वा Vet.), to produce, fashion, form, make, construct, complete, cause, effect R. Var. &c. (with चिङ्ताम्, or चिन्ताः, to be anxious Prab.)
to make into (with double acc.) Bālar.
to compose, write (a book or any literary work) Ṡak. Var. Pañcat.
to place in or on (loc.) Kāv. Kathās.
to adorn, decorate Megh.
to cause to make or do (with double acc.) Uttarar.
to cause to move, put in motion (a horse) MBh.

Monier Williams (1899) “रच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0860/3.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 134
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 424
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 33