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6-letter words (1 found)

ANTARA,

5-letter words (4 found)

ANATA,ANTAR,ANTRA,RATAN,

4-letter words (8 found)

ANTA,ARNA,RANA,RANT,RATA,TANA,TARA,TARN,

3-letter words (8 found)

ANA,ANT,ART,NAT,RAN,RAT,TAN,TAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AN,AR,AT,NA,TA,

You can make 27 words from antara according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of antara

antara

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • Antara
  • antar-

Etymology

From Malay antara.

  • From Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “interior, interval, difference”)
  • From Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā, “in the middle, between”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [anˈtara]
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta‧ra

Noun

antara (first-person possessive antaraku, second-person possessive antaramu, third-person possessive antaranya)

  1. distance
    Synonym: jarak
  2. interval

Preposition

antara

  1. interim
    Synonym: sementara
  2. intermediate
  3. between: in the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree.
  4. among: denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects.
  5. (colloquial) approximately
    Synonyms: kira-kira, lebih kurang

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “antara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

antara

  1. (dialectal, Tankarana) deep water

Etymology 2

Adjective

antara

  1. cold, frigid

Malay

Etymology

  • From Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “interior, interval, difference”)
  • From Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā, “in the middle, between”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Preposition

antara (Jawi spelling انتارا)

  1. between

Verb

berantara

  1. to have a gap between, to be discontinuous

Verb

mengantara

  1. to intervene, to premediate

Further reading

  • “antara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

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.

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