بہتر

See also: تہتر, تهبر, and بهتر

Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦət̪.t̪əɾ/

Numeral

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  71	۷۲ 72	73  →
Cardinal: بَہَتَّر (bahattar)     Ordinal: بَہَتَّر واں (bahattar vā̃)

بَہَتَّر • (bahattar) (Hindi spelling बहत्तर)

1. seventy-two

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهتر (bihtar). Unrelated to English better.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beʱ.t̪əɾ/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /bɛʱ.t̪əɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -əɾ

Adjective

بِہْتَر • (bihtar) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बेहतर)

1. comparative degree of اَچّھا (acchā): better
2. improved
3. greater, superior

Derived terms

• بِہْتَری (bihtarī, “betterment, improvement”)

Related terms

• بِہْتَرِین (bihtarīn, “best”)

References

• “بہتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.