बेगुनाह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌گناه (bē-gunāh). By surface analysis, बे- (be-) +‎ गुनाह (gunāh). Compare Punjabi ਬੇਗੁਨਾਹ (begunāh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /beː.ɡʊ.nɑːɦ/, [beː.ɡʊ.näːʱ]
• Hyphenation: बे‧गु‧नाह
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Adjective

बेगुनाह • (begunāh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بیگُنَاہ or بے گُنَاہ)

1. 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, 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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.