نفرت
See also: نقرب
Arabic
Etymology 1
Verb
نفرت (form I)
- نَفَرْتُ (nafartu) /na.far.tu/: first-person singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)
- نَفَرْتَ (nafarta) /na.far.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)
- نَفَرْتِ (nafarti) /na.far.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)
- نَفَرَتْ (nafarat) /na.fa.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَرَ (nafara)
Etymology 2
Verb
نفرت (form II)
- نَفَّرْتُ (naffartu) /naf.far.tu/: first-person singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
- نَفَّرْتَ (naffarta) /naf.far.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
- نَفَّرْتِ (naffarti) /naf.far.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
- نَفَّرَتْ (naffarat) /naf.fa.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
- نُفِّرْتُ (nuffirtu) /nuf.fir.tu/: first-person singular past passive of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
- نُفِّرْتَ (nuffirta) /nuf.fir.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
- نُفِّرْتِ (nuffirti) /nuf.fir.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of نَفَّرَ (naffara)
- 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)
Descendants
- Turkish: nefret
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نَفْرَة (nafra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /naf.ˈɾat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [näf.ɾǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [nef.ɹǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [näf.ɾǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nafrat |
| Dari reading? | nafrat |
| Iranian reading? | nefrat |
| Tajik reading? | nafrat |
Noun
| Dari | نفرت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нафрат |
نفرت • (nafrat)
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 • (nafrat) f (Hindi spelling नफ़रत)
- hate, hatred
- Antonym: پِیَار (piyār)
- loathing
- detestation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | نَفْرَت (nafrat) | نَفْرَتیں (nafratẽ) |
| oblique | نَفْرَت (nafrat) | نَفْرَتوں (nafratõ) |
| vocative | نَفْرَت (nafrat) | نَفْرَتو (nafrato) |
Derived terms
- نَفْرَت کَرْنا (nafrat karnā, “to hate”)
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]