بہتر

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦət̪.t̪əɾ/

بَہَتَّر • (bahattar) (Hindi spelling बहत्तर)

1. seventy-two

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِهْتَر (bihtar). False cognate of English better.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪɦ.t̪əɾ/, [bɛʱ.t̪əɾ]
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /beːʱ.t̪əɾ/

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• Rhymes: -əɾ

بِہْتَر • (bihtar) (indeclinable, superlative بِہْتَرِین (bihtarīn), Hindi spelling बेहतर)

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

• بِہْتَری (bihtarī, “betterment, improvement”)

• بِہْتَرِین (bihtarīn, “best”)

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