ـتر

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (-tl /⁠-tar⁠/, suffix forming comparative adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teros.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [.taɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.t̪ʰäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.t̪ʰäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.t̪ʰäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.t̪ʰäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [.t̪ʰæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [.t̪ʰäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading?
Tajik reading?

Suffix

ـتر • (-tar)

2. a suffix forming the comparative degree of an adjective

Related terms

• ـترین (-tarin)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “-tar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 82