अन्तर्

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”). Cognate with Latin inter (“between, under”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”), Old High German untar (“between”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

अन्तर् • (antár)

  1. within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.29.2:
      योनि॒मेक॒ आ स॑साद॒ द्योत॑नो॒ऽन्तर्दे॒वेषु॒ मेधि॑रः॥
      yóniméka ā́ sasāda dyótanoʼntárdevéṣu médhiraḥ.
      One (Agni) intelligent, resplended among the gods, is seated in his place (the altar).
  2. in the middle, in, between, into
  3. between
  4. in, in the middle
  5. (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".

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