🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

दोषी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: doshī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Guilty/ˈɡɪl.ti/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसे चोरी का दोषी पाया गया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having committed an offense or crime.

    "After the trial, the jury found him guilty of theft."
  2. 2

    Feeling responsible for a wrongdoing or offense.

    "She felt guilty for not attending her friend's wedding."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'guilty' originates from the Old English 'gylt', meaning 'a crime or sin', which evolved through Middle English as 'guilte'. Its meaning has shifted over time to denote a state of having committed an offense or wrongdoing.

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