बेगुनाह
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگناه (bē-gunāh). By surface analysis, बे- (be-) + गुनाह (gunāh).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /beː.ɡʊ.nɑːɦ/, [beː.ɡʊ.n̪äːɦ]
- Hyphenation: बे‧गु‧नाह
- Rhymes: -ɑːɦ
Adjective
बेगुनाह • (begunāh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بیگُنَاہ or بے گُنَاہ)
- faultless, sinless, innocent
- Synonyms: निरपराध (niraprādh), निर्दोष (nirdoṣ), निष्पाप (niṣpāp), बेक़सूर (beqasūr)
Derived terms
- बेगुनाही (begunāhī)
Further reading
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बेगुनाह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 466.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “बे”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 534
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “बेगुनाह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3547
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बे-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 745
- “बेगुनाह”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.