प्यार (pyaar)

noun One core sense: warm affection/love, used as a noun and in the common verb-phrase प्यार करना (pyaar karnaa) 'to love'.
Sense 1 : love, affection
noun, masculine
Synonyms: मोहब्बत (mohabbat), इश्क़ (ishq, romantic, colloquial), स्नेह (sneh, formal, often for parental/familial affection)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: प्यार (pyaar) is the warm, everyday word for love -- used for romantic love, love between friends, and parents' love for children alike, unlike English which often needs different words for these. Bollywood has made प्यार (pyaar) practically a genre unto itself; you'll hear it constantly in songs and dialogue, often paired with मोहब्बत (mohabbat) for poetic emphasis.
Common Mistakes: 1) प्यार (pyaar) itself is not a verb -- 'to love' requires प्यार करना (pyaar karnaa); learners sometimes try to conjugate प्यार (pyaar) directly. 2) To say 'I love you,' the standard phrase is मुझे तुमसे प्यार है (mujhe tumse pyaar hai, 'I love you' -- literally 'to me there is love from you'), not a direct word-for-word translation using करना (karnaa) with 'you' as a direct object.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे तुमसे प्यार है। I love you.
(mujhe tumse pyaar hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
माँ का बच्चों से जो प्यार होता है, वो अनोखा होता है। The love a mother has for her children is unique.
(maan kaa bachchon se jo pyaar hotaa hai, vo anokhaa hotaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
काश तुम मुझसे उतना ही प्यार करते जितना मैं तुमसे करता हूँ। I wish you loved me as much as I love you.
(kaash tum mujhse utnaa hii pyaar karte jitnaa main tumse kartaa hoon।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
उन दोनों के बीच सालों पहले प्यार हुआ था। The two of them fell in love years ago.
(un donon ke biich saalon pahle pyaar huaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अपने दोस्तों को प्यार दो, वो कभी कम नहीं होता। Give love to your friends, it never runs out.
(apne doston ko pyaar do, vo kabhii kam nahiin hotaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
इस गाने में प्यार और मोहब्बत दोनों शब्दों का इस्तेमाल हुआ है। In this song, both the words 'pyaar' and 'mohabbat' are used.
(is gaane men pyaar aur mohabbat donon shabdon kaa istemaal huaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
सच्चा प्यार शायद ही कभी शब्दों में बयाँ हो पाता है। True love can rarely be expressed in words.
(sachchaa pyaar shaayad hii kabhii shabdon men bayaan ho paataa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
अगर उसमें थोड़ा भी प्यार होता, तो वो ऐसा न करता। If he had even a little love in him, he wouldn't have done this.
(agar usmen thodaa bhii pyaar hotaa, to vo aisaa n kartaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
प्यार में इंसान कभी-कभी अंधा हो जाता है। In love, a person sometimes becomes blind.
(pyaar men insaan kabhii-kabhii andhaa ho jaataa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हो सकता है उसे मुझसे थोड़ा प्यार हो। It's possible that she has some love for me.
(ho saktaa hai use mujhse thodaa pyaar ho।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
प्यार की कोई भाषा नहीं होती, बस दिल की भाषा होती है। Love has no language of its own, only the language of the heart.
(pyaar kii koii bhaashaa nahiin hotii, bas dil kii bhaashaa hotii hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): प्यार (pyaar)
(sg.m.oblique): प्यार (pyaar)
(pl.m.direct): प्यार (pyaar)
(pl.m.oblique): प्यारों (pyaaron)