नफ़रत (nafrat)

noun A single-sense noun meaning 'hatred, disgust' -- an Urdu-derived word that is completely everyday in Hindi speech.
Sense 1 : hatred, intense dislike
noun, feminine Almost always appears with करना (karnaa) as 'to hate' (nafrat karnaa) or होना (honaa) as 'to feel hatred' (nafrat honaa), with the person/thing hated marked by से (se).
Synonyms: घृणा (ghrinaa, more formal/literary), नफरत (naphrat, spelling variant without nuqta)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You'll hear नफ़रत (nafrat) constantly in Bollywood dialogue and everyday emotional speech, often paired with इश्क़ (ishq, 'passionate love') or मोहब्बत (mohabbat) in a classic love-hate contrast. Also written without the nuqta as नफरत (naphrat); both are common in casual writing.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say नफ़रत को (nafrat ko) for the object of hatred; the correct marker is से (se) -- e.g. मुझे झूठ से नफ़रत है (mujhe jhooth se nafrat hai, 'I hate lies'), not मुझे झूठ को नफ़रत है. 2) The common construction uses the dative-subject pattern with को (ko) plus होना (honaa) -- मुझे नफ़रत है (mujhe nafrat hai, 'I feel hatred') -- rather than मैं नफ़रत करता हूँ being the only option, though both are correct with slightly different feel.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे झूठ बोलने वालों से नफ़रत है। I hate people who lie.
(mujhe jhooth bolne vaalon se nafrat hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसे अपने पड़ोसी से बहुत नफ़रत थी। He hated his neighbor a lot.
(use apne padosii se bahut nafrat thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इश्क़ और नफ़रत एक ही सिक्के के दो पहलू हैं। Love and hatred are two sides of the same coin.
(ishq aur nafrat ek hii sikke ke do pahloo hain।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
प्लीज़, दिल में इतनी नफ़रत मत पालो। Please don't nurture so much hatred in your heart.
(pliiz, dil men itnii nafrat mat paalo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम उससे प्यार करते तो इतनी नफ़रत क्यों करते? If you loved him, why would you hate him so much?
(agar tum usse pyaar karte to itnii nafrat kyon karte?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
फ़िल्म में हीरो की मोहब्बत और विलेन की नफ़रत के बीच की कहानी दिखाई गई है। The film shows the story between the hero's love and the villain's hatred.
(film men hiiro kii mohabbat aur vilen kii nafrat ke biich kii kahaanii dikhaaii gaii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
समाज में नफ़रत फैलाना बहुत आसान है, मगर उसे मिटाना बहुत मुश्किल। Spreading hatred in society is very easy, but erasing it is very difficult.
(samaaj men nafrat phailaanaa bahut aasaan hai, magar use mitaanaa bahut mushkil।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हे प्रभु, हमारे मन से सारी नफ़रत मिटा दीजिए। O Lord, erase all hatred from our hearts.
(he prabhu, hamaare man se saarii nafrat mitaa diijie।)
Register: Devotional -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
काश उसके दिल में मेरे लिए नफ़रत न होती। I wish there wasn't hatred for me in his heart.
(kaash uske dil men mere lie nafrat n hotii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इतने सालों बाद भी उनकी नफ़रत कम नहीं हुई है। Even after so many years, their hatred hasn't diminished.
(itne saalon baad bhii unkii nafrat kam nahiin huii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हें सच में मुझसे इतनी नफ़रत हो गई है? Do you really hate me this much now?
(kyaa tumhen sach men mujhse itnii nafrat ho gaii hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): नफ़रत (nafrat)
(sg.f.oblique): नफ़रत (nafrat)
(pl.f.direct): नफ़रतें (nafarten)
(pl.f.oblique): नफ़रतों (nafarton)