अन्तर्

See also: अन्तर

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐn.tɐ́ɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐn̪.t̪ɐɾ/

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 [+locative]
3. between [+accusative]
4. in, in the middle [+genitive]
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".

Related terms

• अन्तर (ántara)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अन्तर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 43.