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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)
- within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 08.029.02:
- yónim éka ā́ sasāda diyótano
antár devéṣu médhiraḥ- In the womb this one has sat down flashing,
the wise one among the gods. (A riddle, answer: Agni)
- in the middle, in, between, into
- between
- 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".
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