See also: تہتر, تهبر, and بهتر

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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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

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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بِہْتَر (bihtar) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बेहतर)

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

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