کمتر

Persian

Etymology 1

From کم (kam, “few”) +‎ ـتر (-tar, “-er”).

Alternative forms

• کم‌تر (kam-tar)

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæm.t̪ʰæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäm.t̪ʰäɾ]

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

Dari	کم‌تر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	камтар

Adjective

کمتر • (kamtar)

1. comparative degree of کم; less, fewer

Adverb

کمتر • (kamtar)

1. less than, fewer than

   Antonym: بیشتر (bištar, “more than”)

   بیست نفر کمتر

   bist nafar kamtar

   fewer than twenty people

Etymology 2

Noun

کمتر • (kamtar)

1. (dialectal) pigeon
2. (dialectal) dove

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمتر (kamtar).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

کَمْتَر • (kamtar) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कमतर)

1. comparative degree of کَم (kam): less (than), lesser
2. inferior, lower

Derived terms

• کَمْتَری (kamtarī, “inferiority”)

Related terms

• کَمتَرِین (kamtarīn)

References

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