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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (-tl /-tar/, suffix forming comparative adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teros.
Pronunciation
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Suffix
ـتر • (-tar)
- a suffix forming the comparative degree of an adjective
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “-tar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 82