अन्तर्

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”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐn.tɐ́ɾ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐn̪.t̪ɐɾ/

अन्तर् • (antár)

1. within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 08.029.02

     yónim éka ā́ sasāda diyótano
     antár devéṣu médhiraḥ

     In the womb this one has sat down flashing,
     the wise one among the gods. (A riddle, answer: Agni)

2. (with locative) in the middle, in, between, into
3. (with accusative) between
4. (with genitive) in, in the middle
5. (at the end of a compound) in, into, in the middle of, between, out of the midst of

Is sometimes compounded with a following word like an adjective, meaning "interior", "internal", "intermediate".

• अन्तर (ántara)

• Monier Williams (1899), “अन्तर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 43.