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
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əp.ɾɑː.d̪ʱiː/, [ɐp.ɾäː.d̪ʱiː]
Adjective
अपराधी • (aprādhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَپْرادِھی)
Noun
अपराधी • (aprādhī) m (feminine 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, 2025.
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)