antara

See also: Antara and antarā

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Antara
• antar-

Etymology

From Malay antara.

• From Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “interior, interval, difference”)
• From Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā, “in the middle, between”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈtara]

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• Hyphenation: an‧ta‧ra

Noun

antara (first-person possessive antaraku, second-person possessive antaramu, third-person possessive antaranya)

1. distance

   Synonym: jarak

2. interval

Preposition

antara

1. interim

   Synonym: sementara

2. intermediate
3. between: in the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree.
4. among: denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects.
5. (colloquial) approximately

   Synonyms: kira-kira, lebih kurang

Derived terms

• berantara
• memperantarai
• mengantara
• mengantarai
• pengantara
• pengantaraan
• perantara
• perantaraan

 

• antara lain

 

Further reading

• “antara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

antara

1. (dialectal, Tankarana) deep water

Etymology 2

Adjective

antara

1. cold, frigid

Malay

Etymology

• From Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “interior, interval, difference”)
• From Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā, “in the middle, between”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Preposition

antara (Jawi spelling انتارا)

1. between

   Tiada apa-apa antara kami berdua.

   There is nothing between the two of us.

Verb

berantara

1. to have a gap between, to be discontinuous

Verb

mengantara

1. to intervene, to premediate

Further reading

• “antara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “interior, interval, difference”) and Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā, “in the middle, between”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.ˈta.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: an‧ta‧ra

Noun

antara

1. interval, interspace
2. other, another
3. whole area

Preposition

antara

1. between

Derived terms

• amantarani
• apāntara
• apāntaran
• māntara
• pāntara
• pāntaran
• tan pāntara

 

• daśadeśāntara
• daśadigantara
• deśāntara
• deśāntara
• digantara
• dikdeśāntara
• dwīpāntara
• dīpāntara
• janmāntara
• kathāntara
• kriyāntara
• kāraṇāntara
• nūsāntara
• purāntara
• pṛṣṭhāntara
• upāyāntara
• wanāntara
• wṛttāntara
• śāstrāntara

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (antara)

Further reading

• "antara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.