गुन्हेगार

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گناه‌گار (gunāhgār) (see Iranian Persian گناه‌کار (gonâh-kâr)). By surface analysis, गुन्हा (gunhā) +‎ -गार (-gār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.nʱe.ɡaɾ/
• Hyphenation: गु‧न्हे‧गार
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

गुन्हेगार • (gunhegār) m

1. criminal

   Synonym: अपराधी (aprādhī)

Derived terms

• गुन्हेगारी (gunhegārī)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गुन्हेगार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 37.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गुन्हेगार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 239
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गुन्हा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1003.

Varhadi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گناه‌گار (gunāhgār) (see Iranian Persian گناه‌کار (gonâh-kâr)). By surface analysis, गुना (gunā) +‎ -गार (-gār).

Noun

गुन्हेगार (gunhegār) m

1. criminal

   असं पायाले मी काय गुन्हेगार हाव.

   asa pāyāle mī kāy gunhegār hāv.

Further reading

• विठ्ठल वाघ [Vitthal Wagh], रावसाहेब काळे [Raosaheb Kale] (2021) “गुन्हेगार”, in वऱ्हाडी शब्दकोश [Varhadi Dictionary] (in Marathi), volume 1, एल्फिन्स्टन तांत्रिक विद्यालय इमारत, ३, महापालिका मार्ग, धोबीतलाव, मुंबई ४०० ००१ [Elphinstone Tantrik Vidyalaya Building, 3, Mahapalika Marg, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai 400 001]: राज्य मराठी विकास संस्था [Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha], →ISBN, page 160, column 2.