अन्तर्
See also: अन्तर
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”). Cognate with Latin inter (“between, under”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”), Old High German untar (“between”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
अन्तर् • (antár)
- within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior
- in the middle, in, between, into [+locative]
- between [+accusative]
- in, in the middle [+genitive]
- (at the end of a compound) in, into, in the middle of, between, out of the midst of
Usage notes edit
Is sometimes compounded with a following word like an adjective, meaning "interior", "internal", "intermediate".
Related terms edit
- अन्तर (ántara)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “अन्तर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 43.