बदतर

Hindi

Alternative forms
  • बत्तर (battar)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) 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

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