نفرت

See also: نقرب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

نفرت (form I)

  1. نَفَرْتُ (nafartu) /na.far.tu/: first-person singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)
  2. نَفَرْتَ (nafarta) /na.far.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)
  3. نَفَرْتِ (nafarti) /na.far.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)
  4. نَفَرَتْ (nafarat) /na.fa.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)

Etymology 2

Verb

نفرت (form II)

  1. نَفَّرْتُ (naffartu) /naf.far.tu/: first-person singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
  2. نَفَّرْتَ (naffarta) /naf.far.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
  3. نَفَّرْتِ (naffarti) /naf.far.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
  4. نَفَّرَتْ (naffarat) /naf.fa.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
  5. نُفِّرْتُ (nuffirtu) /nuf.fir.tu/: first-person singular past passive of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
  6. نُفِّرْتَ (nuffirta) /nuf.fir.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
  7. نُفِّرْتِ (nuffirti) /nuf.fir.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
  8. نُفِّرَتْ (nuffirat) /nuf.fi.rat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of نَفَّرَ (naffara)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian نفرت (nafrat), from Arabic نَفْرَة (nafra).

Noun

نفرت • (nefret)

  1. aversion, antipathy, hate, distaste

Descendants

  • Turkish: nefret

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَفْرَة (nafra).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nafrat
Dari reading? nafrat
Iranian reading? nefrat
Tajik reading? nafrat

Noun

Dari نفرت
Iranian Persian
Tajik нафрат

نفرت • (nafrat)

  1. terror, hatred, detestation

Derived terms

  • نفرت کردن (nefrat kardan, to hate, to flee)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَفْرَت (nafrat), from Arabic نَفْرَة (nafra).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nəf.ɾət̪/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: نَف‧رَت

Noun

نَفْرَت • (nafratf (Hindi spelling नफ़रत)

  1. hate, hatred
    Antonym: پِیَار (piyār)
  2. loathing
  3. detestation

Declension

Declension of نفرت
singular plural
direct نَفْرَت (nafrat) نَفْرَتیں (nafratẽ)
oblique نَفْرَت (nafrat) نَفْرَتوں (nafratõ)
vocative نَفْرَت (nafrat) نَفْرَتو (nafrato)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • نفرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نفرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “نفرت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]