بدتر

See also: تدبر

Persian

Alternative forms

• (archaic, poetic) بتر (batar)

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian վատթար (vattʻar), an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective

بدتر • (bad-tar)

1. comparative degree of بد (“worse”)

Adverb

بدتر • (bad-tar)

1. comparative degree of بد (bad)

   او بدتر از خواهرش رانندگی می‌کند.

   U bad-tar az xâharaš rânandegi mi-konad.

   He drives worse than his sister.

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: պէթար (pētʻar)
  • Armenian: բեթար (betʻar)
• → Azerbaijani: betər
• → Ottoman Turkish: بتر (beter)
  • Turkish: beter
  • → Crimean Tatar: бетер / beter
  • → Macedonian: бетер (beter)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بدتر (badtar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.t̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Adjective

بَدْتَر • (badtar) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बदतर)

1. comparative degree of بَد (bad): worse
2. deteriorated
3. lesser, inferior

Derived terms

• بَدْتَری (badtarī, “deterioration”)

Related terms

• بَدتَرِین (badtarīn, “worst”)