گناه gunāh
P گناه gunāh [Pārsī vanāh (cf. Pehl. venaś); rt. Zend nāś with vi; S. वि+नश्], s.m. Fault, offence, crime, sin; guilt; vice, iniquity (often contrac. to gunah, esp. in comp.):—gunāh-se baćnā, To avoid offence, or sin, &c.:—gunāh rakhnā (-par), To impute crime (to); to accuse falsely:—gunāh karnā, To commit a fault, or sin; to offend; to sin:—gunāh-gār (or gunah-gār; in Hindī gunah-kār, and gunah-kārī), s.m. A sinner; an offender, a culprit, a criminal;—gunāh-gār ṭhairanā (-ko), To make (one) out (to be) an offender, or a sinner, &c.;—to convict one of crime or offence, &c.; to convict; to condemn; to sentence:—gunāh-gārī (or gunah-gārī;—in Hindī gunah-kārī), s.f. A state of sin; a habit of vice;—sinfulness; criminality; guiltiness;—a fine for an offence; mulct, penalty;—revenue derived from judicial fines;—loss, deficit:—gunāh-gārī denā, To pay a fine or penalty:—be-gunāh, adj. Without offence, innocent, guiltless; sinless.
