antara

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See also: Antara and antarā

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay antara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta‧ra

Noun

antara (first-person possessive antaraku, second-person possessive antaramu, third-person possessive antaranya)

  1. distance
    Synonym: jarak
  2. interval

Preposition

antara

  1. interim
    Synonym: sementara
  2. intermediate
  3. between: in the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree.
  4. among: denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects.
  5. (colloquial) approximately
    Synonyms: kira-kira, lebih kurang

Derived terms

Further reading

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

antara

  1. (dialectal, Tankarana) deep water

Etymology 2

Adjective

antara

  1. cold, frigid

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Preposition

antara (Jawi spelling انتارا)

  1. between
    Tiada apa-apa antara kami berdua.
    There is nothing between the two of us.

Verb

berantara

  1. to have a gap between, to be discontinuous

Verb

mengantara

  1. to intervene, to premediate

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “interior, interval, difference”) and Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā, “in the middle, between”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.ˈta.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta‧ra

Noun

antara

  1. interval, interspace
  2. other, another
  3. whole area

Preposition

antara

  1. between

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (antara)

Further reading

  • "antara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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