تلخ

What it means

تلخ (talkh) means “bitter.” Native Persian adjective covering both taste (bitter coffee) and emotion (bitter memory). The natural antonym to شیرین (shirin) “sweet.”

How to use it

• قهوه تلخ (qahve-ye talkh) “bitter coffee”
• حقیقت تلخ (haqiqat-e talkh) “bitter truth”
• خاطره تلخ (khâtere-ye talkh) “bitter memory”

Comparative and superlative

• تلخ (talkh)
• تلخ‌تر (talkh-tar) “more bitter”
• تلخ‌ترین (talkh-tarin) “most bitter”

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab