𐎠𐎫𐎼

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hántarah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”).

Preposition

𐎠𐎫𐎼 (a-t-r /aⁿtar/)

1. in, inside
2. within, among

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/⁠andar⁠/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭡𐭩𐭭 (BYN), 𐭡𐭩𐭭 (ʾndr)

  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡 (ʾndr)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (BY̲N), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾntl)

  Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮁𐮈𐮌 (BY̲N), 𐮀𐮌𐮑𐮊 (ʾntl)

  Pazend script: 𐬀𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬭 (andar)

  • Classical Persian: اندر (andar)

    Dari: اندر (andar), در (dar)

    Iranian Persian: اندر (andar), در (dar)

    Tajik: андар (andar), дар (dar)

    • → Hindi: अंदर (andar)
    • → Urdu: اندر (andar)

References

Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1]