antara

See also: Antara and antarā

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay antara.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /anˈtara/ [an̪ˈt̪a.ra]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: an‧ta‧ra

Preposition

antara

  1. interim
    Synonym: sementara
  2. intermediate
  3. between
  4. among
  5. (colloquial) approximately
    Synonyms: kira-kira, lebih kurang

Noun

antara (plural antara-antara) (uncommon)

  1. distance
    Synonym: jarak
  2. interval
    Synonym: selang

Derived terms

  • berantara
  • memperantarai
  • mengantara
  • mengantarai
  • pengantara
  • pengantaraan
  • perantara
  • perantaraan
  • antara lain

Further reading

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

antara

  1. (dialectal, Tankarana) deep water

Etymology 2

Adjective

antara

  1. cold, frigid

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Baku) IPA(key): /anˈtara/ [an̪ˈt̪a.ra]
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta‧ra

Preposition

antara (Jawi spelling انتارا)

  1. Between:
    1. In the middle of two things (of abstract or concrete objects).
      antara pukul 5 dan pukul 7between 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock
      antara dua kerusibetween two chairs
    2. Involving.
      perlanggaran antara dua kenderaana crash between two vehicles
    3. Among or from.
      Pilih antara dua warna ini.
      Choose between these two colours.
    4. In the scope of.
      murid antara umur 15 dan 17 tahunstudents between the ages 15 and 17
  2. Among, one of.
    Itu antara sebab aku tak suka pisang.
    That's one of the reasons I don't like bananas.
  3. While.
    Synonyms: sementara, sambil, tatkala
    Ingat antara belum kena.
    Remember while you haven't been affected yet.
  4. Close to; near.
    Synonym: dekat dengan
    Akhirnya sampaiku antara Melaka.
    Finally I reached near Malacca.
  5. Approximately, about, more or less.
    Synonyms: kira-kira, lebih kurang, dalam
    antara 50 orangabout 50 people
  6. (in compound words) Inter-.
    Synonyms: inter-, antar- (Indonesian)
    antara bandarintercity
    antara mukainterface
    antarabangsa[1]international

Affixations

  • antarai
  • antaranya
  • mengantara
  • pengantara
  • pengantaraan
  • perantara
  • perantaraan

Compounds

  • antara akar
  • antara arkus
  • antara atom
  • antara bandar
  • antara batas
  • antara braket
  • antara budaya
  • antara gigi
  • antara gunung
  • antara jalur
  • antara kanin
  • antara kuspa
  • antara kuspid
  • antara lain
  • antara logam
  • antara molekul
  • antara muka
  • antara perbani
  • antara prisma
  • antara proksimal
  • antara satah
  • antara sistem
  • antara zon
  • antarabangsa

Descendants

  • Indonesian: antara

Noun

antara (Jawi spelling انتارا)

  1. An interval or gap:
    1. Space between two objects.
      Synonyms: sela, jarak
    2. A time interval.
      Synonyms: selang waktu, masa

Descendants

Notes

  1. ^ Although compound words in Malay are usually written with a space between the words used, antarabangsa, which is a compound of antara and bangsa, is an exception to the rule.

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, interior, interval, difference) and Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā, in the middle, between).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.ˈta.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta‧ra

Noun

antara

  1. interval, interspace
  2. other, another
  3. whole area

Preposition

antara

  1. between

Derived terms

  • amantarani
  • apāntara
  • apāntaran
  • māntara
  • pāntara
  • pāntaran
  • tan pāntara
  • daśadeśāntara
  • daśadigantara
  • deśāntara
  • digantara
  • dikdeśāntara
  • dwīpāntara
  • dīpāntara
  • janmāntara
  • kathāntara
  • kriyāntara
  • kāraṇāntara
  • nūsāntara
  • purāntara
  • pṛṣṭhāntara
  • upāyāntara
  • wanāntara
  • wṛttāntara
  • śāstrāntara

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (antara)

Further reading

  • "antara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.