आँतर

Hindi[edit]

*h₁énteros (“inner; what is inside”), derived from the adverb *h₁entér (“between”),
*h₂énteros (“other, beyond, second”), from a lost adverb *h₂entér.

Compare Awadhi आँतरा (ā̃trā) (lakhimpuri dialect), Marathi आँतर (āĕntar), Bihari आँतर, आँतरा. Doublet of अंतर (antar) and अंदर (andar), a Persian borrowing.

आँतर • (ā̃tar) m (Urdu spelling انتر)

interval; intermediate-space
1. space between two particular parts of a weaver's loom or perhaps lease rods
2. portion of land covered in a single plough circuit
3. portion of unploughed land left after a single plough circuit
4. furrow (the intermediate-space created while ploughing)
5. space between two rows of a betel-field for moving inside.
  Synonyms: दोंगल (doṅgal), दोंग (doṅg), पाहे (pāhe)
gap
- Ambikā Prasāda Varmā Divya (2003) Prem tapasvi‎^[1], page 30
  और कोई होता तो उसे कोने-आँतर मे फेंक देता
  aur koī hotā to use kone-ā̃tar me phẽk detā
  Any other would thrown it in a corner or gap
difference, distinction
(Bihari) a separation
- भारतीय भाषाओं में रामकथा‎^[2], 2016, page 47
  कुम्हार एक घड़े मे दो दिवार(दुई आँतर) अर्थाथ तीन खानों वाला घड़ा...
  kumhār ek ghaṛe me do divār(duī ā̃tar) arthāth tīn khānõ vālā ghaṛā...
  In the pot of the potter there were two separations, i.e, a pot with three compartments

Declension of आँतर (masc cons-stem)

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ántara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आँतर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha