बेवफ़ा (bevfaa)

adjective A single-sense word describing someone unfaithful or disloyal, most often used about lovers and romantic betrayal, from बे- (be, 'without') + वफ़ा (vafaa, 'faithfulness').
Sense 1 : unfaithful, disloyal (especially in love)
adjective
Synonyms: बेवफ़ाई करने वाला (bevfaaii karne vaalaa, descriptive phrase), बेईमान (beiimaan, more about dishonesty than romantic betrayal), धोखेबाज़ (dhokhebaaz, emphasizes deceit)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This word lives inside Hindi film and ghazal culture -- countless songs and shers accuse a beloved of being बेवफ़ा (bevfaa), and the whole vocabulary of वफ़ा (vafaa, faithfulness) versus बेवफ़ाई (bevfaaii, betrayal) forms a common emotional register in Urdu-influenced Hindi poetry. You will hear it as much in a dramatic dosti (friendship) or family context as in romance, whenever someone feels deeply let down by a person they trusted.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use it for everyday dishonesty (cheating on a test, breaking a promise at work) -- बेवफ़ा (bevfaa) is almost always reserved for romantic or deeply personal betrayal, not general dishonesty; बेईमान (beiimaan) or धोखेबाज़ (dhokhebaaz) fit those everyday contexts better. 2) It is grammatically an adjective but is very often used as if it were a noun describing a type of person ('a बेवफ़ा'), which is natural in Hindi but can feel odd if translated too literally into English.
Sample Sentences:
वह निकला बेवफ़ा। He turned out to be unfaithful.
(vah niklaa bevfaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
तुम इतने बेवफ़ा कैसे हो सकते हो? How can you be so unfaithful?
(tum itne bevfaa kaise ho sakte ho?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर वह बेवफ़ा होता तो मुझे इतना दुख नहीं होता। If he were unfaithful, I wouldn't feel this much pain.
(agar vah bevfaa hotaa to mujhe itnaa dukh nahiin hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस गाने में एक बेवफ़ा माशूक़ की कहानी है। This song tells the story of an unfaithful beloved.
(is gaane men ek bevfaa maashooq kii kahaanii hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मत बनो बेवफ़ा, वरना ज़िंदगी भर पछताओगे। Don't become unfaithful, or you'll regret it your whole life.
(mat bano bevfaa, varnaa zindgii bhar pachhtaaoge।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
शायद वह बेवफ़ा न हो, शायद हालात ही ऐसे थे। Maybe he isn't unfaithful, maybe the circumstances were just like that.
(shaayad vah bevfaa n ho, shaayad haalaat hii aise the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
उस बेवफ़ा दोस्त ने मुश्किल वक़्त में साथ छोड़ दिया। That disloyal friend left my side in a difficult time.
(us bevfaa dost ne mushkil vaqt men saath chhod diyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
शायरों ने सदियों से बेवफ़ा महबूब पर शेर लिखे हैं। Poets have written shers about the unfaithful beloved for centuries.
(shaayron ne sadiyon se bevfaa mahboob par sher likhe hain।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम भी उन सबकी तरह बेवफ़ा निकलोगे? Will you too turn out to be unfaithful, like all of them?
(kyaa tum bhii un sabkii tarah bevfaa nikloge?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
महफ़िल में गायक बेवफ़ा माशूक़ की दास्तान सुना रहा था। At the gathering, the singer was narrating the tale of the unfaithful beloved.
(mahfil men gaayak bevfaa maashooq kii daastaan sunaa rahaa thaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उसे बेवफ़ा कहा गया, पर सच्चाई किसी ने नहीं जानी। She was called unfaithful, but no one knew the truth.
(use bevfaa kahaa gayaa, par sachchaaii kisii ne nahiin jaanii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: बेवफ़ा (bevfaa)