भीतर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• भित्तर (bhittar) (regional, colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit भित्तर (bhittara), perhaps from older *भियंतर (bhiyaṃtara), an apheretic form of Sanskrit अभ्यन्तर (abhyantara). Cognate with Gujarati ભીતર (bhītar), Bengali ভিতর (bhitor), Odia ଭିତର୍ (bhitar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.t̪əɾ/, [bʱiː.t̪ɐɾ]

Adverb

भीतर • (bhītar) (Urdu spelling بھیتر)

1. inside
2. included, part of

Derived terms

• के भीतर (ke bhītar)
• भीतरी (bhītrī)

Noun

भीतर • (bhītar) m (Urdu spelling بھیتر)

1. inside, inner part
2. mind, self

   Synonym: मन (man)

Declension

Declension of भीतर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भीतर bhītar	भीतर bhītar
oblique	भीतर bhītar	भीतरों bhītarõ
vocative	भीतर bhītar	भीतरो bhītaro

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “bhītar”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.