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Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from a merger of two Proto-Indo-European adjectives with different initial laryngeals:
- *h₁énteros (“inner; what is inside”), derived from the adverb *h₁entér (“between”), whence also Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼 (aⁿtar, “among, within”), Old Latin *interos (whence Latin interior (“inner, interior”), intrā (“inside, within”)), Venetic 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌓𐌀 (antra, “within”), Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel, belly”) and Old Armenian ընդերք (ənderkʻ, “entrails”). Compare English inner and innards for similar formations. See also अन्त्र (ántra).
- *h₂énteros (“other, beyond, second”), from a lost adverb *h₂entér. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (aṇtara), Ossetian ӕндӕ́р (ændǽr, “other, different, else”), Lithuanian añtras (“second, secondary”), Old Latin *anteros (whence Latin anterior (“foremost; former”, comparative)) and Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), whence English other.
Doublet of आँतर (ā̃tar) and अंदर (andar), a Persian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ən.t̪əɾ/,
Noun
अंतर • (antar) m (Urdu spelling انتر)
- difference; distinction
- Synonym: फ़र्क़ (farq)
- interior, inside; inner part
- Synonym: अंदर (andar)
- (by extension, figurative) soul, mind, heart
- property, peculiarity
- intervening space or time (used as a translation of firmament in biblical texts)
- distance
- interval; middle, midst
- separation, gap; period, stop
- margin, spacing
- (braj, figurative) covering
- secret, mystery (hidden thing)
- =अंतर् (antar) (esp. in Old Hindi)
Declension
Declension of अंतर (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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अंतर
antar
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अंतर
antar
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| oblique
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अंतर
antar
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अंतरों
antarõ
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| vocative
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अंतर
antar
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अंतरो
antaro
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Derived terms
Old Gujarati
Etymology
From Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“(what is) inside”) and *h₂énteros (“other, different, second”).
Noun
अंतर • (antara) n
- difference
Adverb
अंतर • (antara) n
- in between