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 (Urdu spelling اَپْرادِھی‎)

1. criminal; sinner

   Synonym: मुजरिम (mujrim)

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

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.

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, 2022.

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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)
• 𑰀𑰢𑰨𑰯𑰟𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀧𑀭𑀸𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
• અપરાધી (Gujarati script)
• ꦄꦥꦫꦴꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
• អបរាធី (Khmer script)
• ಅಪರಾಧೀ (Kannada script)
• ອປຣາຘີ (Lao script)
• അപരാധീ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘢𑘨𑘰𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
• အပရာဓီ (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑧂𑧈𑧑𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐥𑐬𑐵𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଅପରାଧୀ (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢦꢬꢵꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆥𑆫𑆳𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖢𑖨𑖯𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
• అపరాధీ (Telugu script)
• อปราธี (Thai script)
• ཨཔརཱདྷཱི (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)