अंतर
Hindi
Alternative forms
- अन्तर (antar)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara). Doublet of आँतर (ā̃tar) and अंदर (andar), a Persian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ən.t̪əɾ/, [ɐ̃n̪.t̪ɐɾ]
Audio (Delhi): (file)
Noun
अंतर • (antar) m (Urdu spelling انتر)
- difference; distinction
- Synonym: फ़र्क़ (farq)
- interior, inside; inner part
- Synonym: अंदर (andar)
- (by extension, figurative) soul, mind, heart
- property, peculiarity
- intervening space or time (used as a translation of firmament in biblical texts)
- secret, mystery (hidden thing)
- अंतर् (antar) (esp. in Old Hindi)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अंतर antar |
अंतर antar |
| oblique | अंतर antar |
अंतरों antarõ |
| vocative | अंतर antar |
अंतरो antaro |
Derived terms
- अंतर करना (antar karnā)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ən.t̪əɾ/
Noun
अंतर • (antar) n
Declension
| Declension of अंतर (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
अंतर antar | ||
| direct plural |
अंतरे, अंतरं antre, antra | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
अंतर antar |
अंतरे, अंतरं antre, antra | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
अंतरा antrā |
अंतरां- antrān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
अंतराला antrālā |
अंतरांना antrānnā | |
| ergative | अंतराने, अंतरानं antrāne, antrāna |
अंतरांनी antrānnī | |
| instrumental | अंतराशी antrāśī |
अंतरांशी antrānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
अंतरात antrāt |
अंतरांत antrāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
अंतरा antrā |
अंतरांनो antrānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of अंतर (neut cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
अंतराचा antrāċā |
अंतराचे antrāċe |
अंतराची antrācī |
अंतराच्या antrācā |
अंतराचे, अंतराचं antrāċe, antrāċa |
अंतराची antrācī |
अंतराच्या antrācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
अंतरांचा antrānċā |
अंतरांचे antrānċe |
अंतरांची antrāñcī |
अंतरांच्या antrāncā |
अंतरांचे, अंतरांचं antrānċe, antrānċa |
अंतरांची antrāñcī |
अंतरांच्या antrāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “अंतर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अंतर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Old Gujarati
Etymology
From Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“(what is) inside”) and *h₂énteros (“other, different, second”).
Noun
अंतर • (antara) n
Adverb
अंतर • (antara) n