Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

From Persian بیش بدتر.[1] Often thought of as the phrase beş (five) + betər, i.e. to the effect of "five times worse than".

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [beʃbeˈtær], [beʃpæˈtær]
  • Hyphenation: beş‧be‧tər

Adverb edit

beşbetər

  1. even worse [+ablative = than]

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Stachowski, Kamil (2014) Standard Turkic C-Type Reduplications (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia)‎[1], Krakow: Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Institute of Oriental Studies, page 106

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