दर्द (dard)
noun
Mainly means physical pain/ache as a noun, but extends naturally to emotional pain/anguish, and appears in a common adjective/compound-forming role meaning 'sympathetic, feeling another's pain' (as in दर्दमंद (dardmand)) -- here treated as the core noun sense plus its figurative extension.
Sense
1
:
physical pain, ache
noun, masculine Used with होना (honaa) in dative-subject constructions: मुझे दर्द है (mujhe dard hai, 'I have pain') or सिर में दर्द है (sir men dard hai, 'there is a headache') -- the person feeling it takes को/मुझे, not ने.
Synonyms: पीड़ा (piidaa, slightly formal/literary), तकलीफ़ (takliif)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In everyday speech, Hindi treats pain as something that arrives or happens to you rather than something you actively do -- दर्द होना (dard honaa) literally 'pain is happening,' mirroring the same dative-subject logic as नींद आना (niind aanaa) or पसंद आना (pasand aanaa). Doctors and patients alike default to कहाँ दर्द है? (kahaan dard hai, 'where does it hurt') as the standard clinical question.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try को करना (ko karnaa) or a subject-verb pattern like 'I hurt' instead of the correct दर्द होना (dard honaa) or दर्द करना (dard karnaa) construction, e.g. पेट दर्द कर रहा है (pet dard kar rahaa hai, 'the stomach is aching'). 2) दर्द is masculine, so adjectives and verb agreement follow that even when the sentence is 'about' the (possibly female) speaker's body part.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे सिर में बहुत दर्द है।
I have a bad headache.
(mere sir men bahut dard hai।)
डॉक्टर ने पूछा, "कहाँ दर्द है?"
The doctor asked, "Where does it hurt?"
(doktar ne poochhaa, "kahaan dard hai?")
कल रात मेरे पेट में बहुत दर्द हुआ था।
Last night I had really bad stomach pain.
(kal raat mere pet men bahut dard huaa thaa।)
सर्दियों में मेरे घुटनों में दर्द होता है।
My knees ache in winter.
(sardiyon men mere ghutnon men dard hotaa hai।)
अगर दर्द ज़्यादा बढ़े तो फौरन डॉक्टर के पास जाना।
If the pain increases too much, go to the doctor immediately.
(agar dard zyaadaa badhe to phauran doktar ke paas jaanaa।)
दर्द होने पर यह दवा ले लेना।
Take this medicine when there's pain.
(dard hone par yah davaa le lenaa।)
चोट लगने के बाद उसकी टांग में लगातार दर्द रहता है।
Ever since the injury, his leg has been constantly aching.
(chot lagne ke baad uskii taang men lagaataar dard rahtaa hai।)
अगर मैं कल इतना नहीं दौड़ता तो आज पैरों में इतना दर्द नहीं होता।
If I hadn't run so much yesterday, my legs wouldn't be aching so much today.
(agar main kal itnaa nahiin daudtaa to aaj pairon men itnaa dard nahiin hotaa।)
दांत का दर्द रात भर मुझे सोने नहीं दे रहा था।
The toothache wouldn't let me sleep all night.
(daant kaa dard raat bhar mujhe sone nahiin de rahaa thaa।)
मरीज़ को इंजेक्शन के बाद कुछ देर तक हल्का दर्द महसूस हुआ।
The patient felt mild pain for a while after the injection.
(mariiz ko injekshan ke baad kuchh der tak halkaa dard mahsoos huaa।)
ऑपरेशन के दौरान मरीज़ को कोई दर्द महसूस नहीं कराया जाता।
During the operation, the patient is not made to feel any pain.
(opreshan ke dauraan mariiz ko koii dard mahsoos nahiin karaayaa jaataa।)
Sense
2
:
emotional pain, anguish, heartache
noun, masculine
Synonyms: ग़म (gham), पीड़ा (piidaa, literary), टीस (tiis, a sharper, more literary pang)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the दर्द (dard) of a thousand Bollywood ghazals and sad songs -- दिल का दर्द (dil kaa dard) is a stock phrase for heartbreak, and dard-bhare geet (sorrow-filled songs) are a whole genre unto themselves. It sits comfortably between casual conversation ('sunte hain dard hai') and deeply emotional, almost poetic registers.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for दुख (dukh) by default for all sadness; दर्द carries a more visceral, felt-in-the-chest quality often used in songs and heartfelt speech, e.g. दिल का दर्द (dil kaa dard, 'the heart's pain').
Sample Sentences:
उसकी आँखों में एक अजीब सा दर्द था।
There was a strange kind of sorrow in her eyes.
(uskii aankhon men ek ajiib saa dard thaa।)
दिल का दर्द किसी को नहीं दिखता।
The pain of the heart isn't visible to anyone.
(dil kaa dard kisii ko nahiin dikhtaa।)
वो अपना दर्द छुपाकर मुस्कुरा रही थी।
She was hiding her heartache and smiling.
(vo apnaa dard chhupaakar muskuraa rahii thii।)
इस गाने में जो दर्द है, वो हर टूटे दिल को महसूस होता है।
The anguish in this song is felt by every broken heart.
(is gaane men jo dard hai, vo har toote dil ko mahsoos hotaa hai।)
काश मैं तुम्हारा दर्द बाँट पाता।
I wish I could share your pain.
(kaash main tumhaaraa dard baant paataa।)
अगर तुम मुझे समझते, तो मेरा दर्द इतना न होता।
If you had understood me, my sorrow wouldn't have been so much.
(agar tum mujhe samajhte, to meraa dard itnaa n hotaa।)
सुनते हैं उसे भी कोई दर्द है।
I hear he's got some heartache of his own too.
(sunte hain use bhii koii dard hai।)
अपना दर्द किसी और पर मत निकालो।
Don't take out your pain on someone else.
(apnaa dard kisii aur par mat nikaalo।)
उसके शब्दों में सालों पुराना दर्द झलक रहा था।
Years-old anguish was showing through in his words.
(uske shabdon men saalon puraanaa dard jhalak rahaa thaa।)
जुदाई का दर्द बयान नहीं किया जा सकता।
The pain of separation cannot be put into words.
(judaaii kaa dard bayaan nahiin kiyaa jaa saktaa।)
उम्मीद है वक्त के साथ तेरा दर्द कम हो जाए।
I hope your pain lessens with time.
(ummiid hai vakt ke saath teraa dard kam ho jaae।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
दर्द
(dard)
(sg.m.oblique):
दर्द
(dard)
(pl.m.direct):
दर्द
(dard)
(pl.m.oblique):
दर्दों
(dardon)