अपराधी
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपराधी (aparādhī). By surface analysis, अपराध (aprādh, “crime, offence”) + ई (ī). First attested as Old Hindi अपराधी (aparādhī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /əp.ɾɑː.d̪ʱiː/, [ɐp.ɾäː.d̪ʱiː]
Adjective
अपराधी • (aprādhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَپْرادِھی)
Noun
अपराधी • (aprādhī) m (female equivalent अपराधिनी, Urdu spelling اَپْرادِھی)
Usage notes
Normally अपराधी (aprādhī) is used for both genders, but the word अपराधिनी (aprādhinī, “female criminal”) exists and may be used more formally.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अपराधी aprādhī |
अपराधी aprādhī |
| 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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अपराधी (aparādhī). By surface analysis, अपराध (aprādh, “crime, offence”) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əp.ɾa.d̪ʱi/, [əp.ɾa.d̪ʱiː]
Adjective
अपराधी • (aprādhī) (indeclinable)
Noun
अपराधी • (aparādhī) m
Usage notes
While the term अपराधी (aprādhī) itself is masculine, it is used to refer to criminals of both genders.
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अपराधी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “अपराधी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
Old Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अपराधी (aparādhī).
Noun
अपराधी (aparādhī) m
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
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- অপৰাধী (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬧᬭᬵᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
- অপরাধী (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰢𑰨𑰯𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀧𑀭𑀸𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- အပရာဓီ (Burmese script)
- અપરાધી (Gujarati script)
- ਅਪਰਾਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦥꦫꦴꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂣𑂩𑂰𑂡𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಪರಾಧೀ (Kannada script)
- អបរាធី (Khmer script)
- ອປຣາຘີ (Lao script)
- അപരാധീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢒᠠᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘢𑘨𑘰𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢒᠠᠷᠠᢗᢑᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧂𑧈𑧑𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐥𑐬𑐵𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଅପରାଧୀ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢦꢬꢵꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆥𑆫𑆳𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖢𑖨𑖯𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
- අපරාධී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩰𑩼𑩛𑩮𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚞𑚤𑚭𑚜𑚯 (Takri script)
- அபராதீ⁴ (Tamil script)
- అపరాధీ (Telugu script)
- อปราธี (Thai script)
- ཨ་པ་རཱ་དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒣𑒩𑒰𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨞𑨫𑨊𑨜𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɐ.ɾɑː.dʱiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɐ.ɾɑː.d̪ʱiː/
Adjective
अपराधी • (aparādhī) m
- nominative singular of अपराधिन् (aparādhin)