दोषी

See also: दोष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दोषी (doṣī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪oː.ʂiː/, [d̪oː.ʃiː]

Noun

दोषी • (doṣī) m

1. criminal, felon; one who has committed a crime, a wrongdoer

   Synonyms: अपराधी (aprādhī), मुजरिम (mujrim)

Declension

Declension of दोषी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दोषी doṣī	दोषी doṣī
oblique	दोषी doṣī	दोषियों doṣiyõ
vocative	दोषी doṣī	दोषियो doṣiyo

Adjective

दोषी • (doṣī) (indeclinable)

1. guilty, culpable, at fault

   Antonym: निर्दोष (nirdoṣ)

   दोषी महसूस करना ― doṣī mahsūs karnā ― to feel guilty

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दोषी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 512