# अन्तर
## Hindi
### Noun

अन्तर • (antar) m (Urdu spelling انتر)
* Alternative spelling of अंतर (antar)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* অন্তৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬦ᭄ᬢᬭ (Balinese script)
* অন্তর (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* အန္တရ (Burmese script)
* અન્તર (Gujarati script)
* ਅਨ੍ਤਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಅನ್ತರ (Kannada script)
* អន្តរ (Khmer script)
* ອນ຺ຕຣ (Lao script)
* അന്തര (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠨᢠᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠨᢐᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଅନ୍ତର (Odia script)
* ꢂꢥ꣄ꢡꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖨 (Siddham script)
* අන‍්තර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚤 (Takri script)
* அந்தர (Tamil script)
* అన్తర (Telugu script)
* อนฺตร (Thai script)
* ཨ་ནྟ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from a merger of two Proto-Indo-European adjectives with different initial laryngeals:
* *h₁énteros (“inner; what is inside”), derived from the adverb *h₁entér (“between”), whence also अन्तर् (antár). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼 (aⁿtar, “among, within”), Old Latin *interos (whence Latin interior (“inner, interior”), intrā (“inside, within”)), Venetic 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌓𐌀 (antra, “within”), Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel, belly”) and Old Armenian ընդերք (ənderkʻ, “entrails”). Compare English inner and innards for similar formations. See also अन्त्र (ántra).
* *h₂énteros (“other, beyond, second”), from a lost adverb *h₂entér. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (aṇtara), Ossetian ӕндӕ́р (ændǽr, “other, different, else”), Lithuanian añtras (“second, secondary”), Old Latin *anteros (whence Latin anterior (“foremost; former”, comparative)) and Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), whence English other.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́n.tɐ.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐn̪.t̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

अन्तर • (ántara)
* being in the interior, interior
* within
* near, proximate, related, intimate
* lying adjacent to
* distant
* different from

#### Declension
### Noun

अन्तर • (ántara) stem, n
* the interior
* a hole, opening
* the interior part of a thing, the contents
* soul, heart, supreme soul
* interval, intermediate space or time
* period
* term
* opportunity, occasion
* place
* distance, absence
* difference, remainder
* property, peculiarity
* weakness, weak side
* representation
* surety, guaranty
* respect, regard
* (at the end of a compound) different, other, another
    देशान्तरम् (deśā*ntaram) — another country

#### Descendants

* Pali: antara
* Early Assamese: আন্তৰ (antoro)
** Assamese: আঁতৰ (ãtor)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਅੰਦਰ (andar, “inside, interior”)
* → Bengali: অন্তর (ontor) (learned)
* → Old Gujarati: अंतर (aṃtara)
* → Hindi: अंतर (antar) (learned)
* → Malay: antara
** Indonesian: antara
* → Punjabi: ਅੰਤਰ (antar) (learned)
* → Romani: andre

### References

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