अन्तर्

See also: अन्तर and अनांत्र

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”). Cognates include Latin inter (“between, under”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”) and 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
2. (with locative) in the middle, in, between, into
3. (with accusative) between
4. (with genitive) 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".

Related terms

• अन्तर (ántara)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अन्तर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0043.