Grammar/Foundational Grammar/-तर / -तम (More / Most)
Foundational Grammar

-तर / -तम (More / Most)

Comparative (-तर) and superlative (-तम) suffixes, or ज़्यादा (more) and सबसे (most) in everyday Hindi

Example

सुंदर → सुंदरतर → सुंदरतम

beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful

Usage Notes

The -तर/-तम forms are Sanskrit-derived and mainly seen in formal or literary Hindi. In everyday speech, people use से ज़्यादा (more than) and सबसे (most): वह मुझसे ज़्यादा लंबा है (he is taller than me), वह सबसे लंबा है (he is the tallest).

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