अन्तर्
See also: अन्तर and अनांत्र
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”). Cognates include Latin inter (“between, under”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”) and Old High German untar (“between”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐn̪.t̪ɐ́ɽ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɐn̪.t̪ɐɽ/
Preposition
अन्तर् • (antár)
- within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior
- (with locative) in the middle, in, between, into
- (with accusative) between
- (with genitive) in, in the middle
- (at the end of a compound) in, into, in the middle of, between, out of the midst of
Usage notes
Is sometimes compounded with a following word like an adjective, meaning "interior", "internal", "intermediate".
Related terms
- अन्तर (ántara)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अन्तर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0043.