Word Meaning
गुनहगार
gunahgar
hinoun
Meaning
A sinner, culprit, guilty person, or wrongdoer.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'gunahgar' denotes someone who has committed a sin or crime, frequently adopted by the lover describing his own unworthiness or purported faults before the beloved. In the cited couplet, the speaker laments that even if deemed a culprit, he did not deserve to be executed so mercilessly and without cause.
Etymology
Persian (gunāh + -gār), denoting one who commits a sin or fault.
Usage
Often used in ghazals to express the lover's humility, self-reproach, or paradoxical innocence in the face of the beloved's cruelty.
Examples
I stand as a confessed sinner before you.
Have mercy on this helpless wrongdoer.
Synonyms
क़ुसूरवारख़ताकारमुजरिमपापी
Related Words
गुनाहबे-गुनाहगुनाहगारी