अन्तःपुर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From अन्तर् (antár, inner) + पुर (pura, town).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐn.tɐh.pu.ɾɐ/, [ɐn.tɐɸ.pu.ɾɐ]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɐn̪ˈt̪ɐh.pu.ɾɐ/

Noun

अन्तःपुर • (antaḥpura) stem, n

  1. female apartments, gynaeceum
  2. harem

Descendants

  • Hindi: अंतःपुर (antaḥpur)
  • Tocharian B: antiṣpūr

References

  1. अन्तःपुर” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 23, column 2.
  2. Monier Williams (1899) “अन्तःपुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 43, column 1.
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