अन्तर

Alternative forms

• अंतर (antar)

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्तर (antara), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros. Compare Hindi अंदर (andar), from Persian.

Noun

अन्तर • (antar) m (Urdu spelling انتر‎)

1. interior, inside
2. difference
   1. margin, spacing
   2. interval
3. (by extension, figuratively) soul
4. a secret, hidden thing

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantara-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”), an adjective formed from the adverb *h₁enter (“between”) (whence also अन्तर् (antár)). Cognates include Old Latin *interus (whence Latin interior (“inner, interior”) and intrā (“inside, within”)) and Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”).

Adjective

अन्तर • (ántara)

1. being in the interior, interior
2. near, proximate, related, intimate
3. lying adjacent to
4. distant
5. different from
6. exterior

Noun

अन्तर • (ántara) n

1. the interior
2. a hole, opening
3. the interior part of a thing, the contents
4. soul, heart, supreme soul
5. interval, intermediate space or time
6. period
7. term
8. opportunity, occasion
9. place
10. distance, absence
11. difference, remainder
12. property, peculiarity
13. weakness, weak side
14. representation
15. surety, guaranty
16. respect, regard
17. (at the end of a compound) different, other, another

    देशान्तरम् (deśā*ntaram) — another country

Descendants

• Old Assamese: আন্তৰ (antoro)
  • Assamese: আঁতৰ (ãtor)
• → Indonesian: antara
• → Malay: antara

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0043