کمتر

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Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

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

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

References

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