अंतेउरी

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀉𑀭𑀺𑀕𑀸 / अंतेउरिगा / ಅಂತೇಉರಿಗಾ (aṃteurigā), 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀉𑀭𑀻 / अंतेउरी / ಅಂತೇಉರೀ (aṃteurī), 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀉𑀭𑀺𑀬 (aṃteuriya) / अंतेउरिय़ा / ಅಂತೇಉರಿಯ಼ಾ (aṃteuriẏā), from Sanskrit अन्तःपुरिक m (antaḥpurika, “harem attendant”), अन्तःपुरिका f (antaḥpurikā, “woman of the harem”).

Noun

अंतेउरी • (aṃteurī) f

1. harem
   • 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :

     आपणा उल्लंठ वंठ मोकली बलातकारिइं सुखासणि बइसावी अंतेउरि लेई राषी।

     āpaṇā ullaṃṭha vaṃṭha mokalī balātakāriiṃ sukhāsaṇi baïsāvī aṃteuri leī rāṣī.

     He sent his rough servants; by force they sat her in the palanquin; they took and kept her in the harem.

Further reading

• Ernest Bender (1951) Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 343, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “antaḥpurika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 16