अपराधी

अपराधी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपराधी (aparādhī, adjective); equivalent to अपराध (aprādh, “crime, offence”) +‎ -ई (-ī). First attested as Old Hindi अपराधी (aparādhī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əp.ɾɑː.d̪ʱiː/, [əp.ɾäː.d̪ʱiː]

Adjective

अपराधी • (aprādhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَپْرادِھی‎)

1. criminal, offender, sinner, guilty, faulty

Noun

अपराधी • (aprādhī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling اَپْرادِھی‎)

1. criminal; sinner

   Synonym: मुजरिम (mujrim)

Usage notes

Normally अपराधी (aprādhī) is only used for both genders, but the word अपराधिनी (aprādhinī, “female criminal”) exists and may be used more formally.

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of अपराधी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अपराधी aprādhī	अपराधी aprādhī
oblique	अपराधी aprādhī	अपराधियों aprādhiyõ
vocative	अपराधी aprādhī	अपराधियो aprādhiyo

Declension of अपराधी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अपराधी aprādhī	अपराधियाँ aprādhiyā̃
oblique	अपराधी aprādhī	अपराधियों aprādhiyõ
vocative	अपराधी aprādhī	अपराधियो aprādhiyo

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अपराधी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अपराधी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “अपराधी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अपराधी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “अपराधी”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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Old Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपराधी (aparādhī).

Noun

अपराधी (aparādhī) m

1. sinner
   • c. 1420, Kabīr 221.0:

     माधौ मै ऐसा अपराधी, तेरी भगति होत नहीं साधी

     mādhau mai aisā aparādhī, terī bhagati hota nahīṃ sādhī

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, OCLC 853683653

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬅᬧᬭᬵᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
• অপৰাধী (Assamese script)
• অপরাধী (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰢𑰨𑰯𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀧𑀭𑀸𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
• અપરાધી (Gujarati script)
• ਅਪਰਾਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦥꦫꦴꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
• អបរាធី (Khmer script)
• ಅಪರಾಧೀ (Kannada script)
• ອປຣາຘີ (Lao script)
• അപരാധീ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘢𑘨𑘰𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢒᠠᠷᠠᢗᢑᠾᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠᢒᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• အပရာဓီ (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑧂𑧈𑧑𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐥𑐬𑐵𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଅପରାଧୀ (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢦꢬꢵꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆥𑆫𑆳𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖢𑖨𑖯𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
• අපරාධී (Sinhalese script)
• అపరాధీ (Telugu script)
• อปราธี (Thai script)
• ཨ་པ་རཱ་དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒣𑒩𑒰𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐ.ɾɑː.dʱiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐˈɾɑː.d̪ʱiː/

Adjective

अपराधी • (aparādhī) m

1. nominative singular of अपराधिन् (aparādhin)