बदतर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बत्तर (battar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بدتر (badtar), comparative of بد (bad, “bad”), whence बद (bad).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.t̪əɾ/, [bɐd̪̚.t̪ɐɾ]

Adjective

बदतर • (badtar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بدتر)

1. worse

   Antonym: बेहतर (behtar)

   इस इलाक़े में सारी आसपास इलाक़े से बदतर हालात है।

   is ilāqe mẽ sārī āspās ilāqe se badtar hālāt hai.

   This region is in a much worse condition than any other nearby region.

See also

• बदतरीन (badtarīn)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बद”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House