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Where does “تر” come from?

تر (Persian) comes from Middle Persian tl' — wet, moist.

تر (Persian): moist, wet; A suffix forming the comparative...

Definitions

  1. moist, wet; A suffix forming the comparative...

Ancestry of “تر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persiantl'wet, moist

Words derived from “تر”

  • तर
  • ترائی
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