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अन्तःपुर

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अन्तःपुर (antaḥpura) stemn

  1. female apartments, gynaeceum
  2. harem

Descendants

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

References

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  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.