گناہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گناه (gunāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.nɑːɦ/, [ɡʊ.nɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ
• Hyphenation: گُ‧ناہ

Noun

گُناہ • (gunāh) m (Hindi spelling गुनाह)

1. sin

   Synonym: خطیہ (xattiyah)

2. crime, fault, guilt

Declension

Declension of گناہ
	singular	plural
direct	گُناہ (gunāh)	گُناہ (gunāh)
oblique	گُناہ (gunāh)	گُناہوں (gunāhō̃)
vocative	گُناہ (gunāh)	گُناہو (gunāhō)

Further reading

• “گناہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گناہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گناہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.