अन्तर

• अंतर (antar)

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros. Compare also Hindi अंदर (andar), a Persian borrowing.

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

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́n̪.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐn̪.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ/

अन्तर • (ántara)

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

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

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

• Monier Williams (1899), “अन्तर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0043.