अन्तर

Hindi

Noun

अन्तर • (antar) m (Urdu spelling انتر)

1. Alternative spelling of अंतर (antar)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

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 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.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́n.tɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐn̪.t̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Adjective

अन्तर • (ántara)

1. being in the interior, interior
2. within
3. near, proximate, related, intimate
4. lying adjacent to
5. distant
6. different from

Declension

Noun

अन्तर • (ántara) stem, n

1. the interior
2. a hole, opening
3. the interior part of a thing, the contents
4. soul, heart, supreme soul
5. interval, intermediate space or time
6. period
7. term
8. opportunity, occasion
9. place
10. distance, absence
11. difference, remainder
12. property, peculiarity
13. weakness, weak side
14. representation
15. surety, guaranty
16. respect, regard
17. (at the end of a compound) different, other, another

    देशान्तरम् (deśā*ntaram) — another country

Declension

Descendants

• Pali: antara
• Early Assamese: আন্তৰ (antoro)
  • Assamese: আঁতৰ (ãtor)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਅੰਦਰ (andar, “inside, interior”)
• → Bengali: অন্তর (ontor) (learned)
• → Old Gujarati: अंतर (aṃtara)
• → Hindi: अंतर (antar) (learned)
• → Malay: antara
  • Indonesian: antara
• → Punjabi: ਅੰਤਰ (antar) (learned)
• → Romani: andre

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अन्तर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0043.