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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [naf.ˈɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näf.ɾǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näf.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näf.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näf.ɾǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næf.ɹǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näf.ɾǽt̪]

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

Noun

Dari	نفرت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нафрат

نفرت • (nafrat)

1. flight, escape
2. terror, hatred, detestation, aversion, dislike, abhorrence, abomination

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nifrət
• → Bashkir: нәфрәт
• → Gujarati: નફરત (naphrat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नफ़रत (nafrat)

  Urdu: نفرت (nafrat)

• → Tatar: нәфрәт (näfrät)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نفرت (nefret)
  • Turkish: nefret
• → Uyghur: nafrat
• → Uzbek: nafrat

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəf.ɾət̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

نَفْرَت • (nafrat) f (Hindi spelling नफ़रत)

1. hate, hatred
2. loathing
3. detestation

Declension

Declension of نفرت
	singular	plural
direct	نفرت (nafrat)	نفرتیں (nafratẽ)
oblique	نفرت (nafrat)	نفرتوں (nafratõ)
vocative	نفرت (nafrat)	نفرتو (nafrato)

Derived terms

• نفرت کرنا (nafrat karnā, “to hate”)

References

• “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, 2024.