अंतर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अन्तर (antar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), 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 Sanskrit 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.

Doublet of आँतर (ā̃tar) and अंदर (andar), a Persian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ən.t̪əɾ/, [ɐ̃n̪.t̪ɐɾ]

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Noun

अंतर • (antar) m (Urdu spelling انتر)

1. difference; distinction

   Synonym: फ़र्क़ (farq)

2. interior, inside; inner part

   Synonym: अंदर (andar)

3. (by extension, figurative) soul, mind, heart
4. property, peculiarity
5. intervening space or time (used as a translation of firmament in biblical texts)
   1. distance
   2. interval; middle, midst
   3. separation, gap; period, stop
   4. margin, spacing
   5. (braj, figurative) covering
6. secret, mystery (hidden thing)
7. =अंतर् (antar) (esp. in Old Hindi)

Declension

Declension of अंतर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अंतर antar	अंतर antar
oblique	अंतर antar	अंतरों antarõ
vocative	अंतर antar	अंतरो antaro

Derived terms

• अंतर करना (antar karnā)

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“(what is) inside”) and *h₂énteros (“other, different, second”).

Noun

अंतर • (antara) n

1. difference

Adverb

अंतर • (antara) n

1. in between