बेईमान (beiimaan)

adjective A single-sense adjective (occasionally used as a noun for a person) meaning dishonest or corrupt; built from the negative prefix बे- (be, 'without') plus ईमान (iimaan, 'faith/integrity').
Sense 1 : dishonest, corrupt, unscrupulous
adjective
Synonyms: बेवफ़ा (bevfaa, usually about loyalty/love rather than money), भ्रष्ट (bhrasht, more formal, often used for officials), धोखेबाज़ (dhokhebaaz, emphasizes deceiving someone specific), खोटा (khotaa, literary)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This word gets thrown around constantly in everyday haggling and gossip -- a shopkeeper who shortchanges you, a politician who takes bribes, a partner who cheats at cards, all get called बेईमान (beiimaan). Its opposite, ईमानदार (iimaandaar, 'honest'), shares the same root ईमान (iimaan), so once you know one you basically know both.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use बेईमान (beiimaan) loosely for any bad behavior, but it specifically implies a betrayal of trust or fairness (in money, dealing, or a relationship), not just general rudeness or unkindness. 2) As a noun ("a dishonest person"), it stays in the same invariant adjective-like form: बेईमान आदमी (beiimaan aadmii, 'a dishonest man') and वह बेईमान है (vah beiimaan hai, 'he/she is dishonest') use the identical word.
Sample Sentences:
यह दुकानदार बहुत बेईमान है। This shopkeeper is very dishonest.
(yah dukaandaar bahut beiimaan hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह नेता बेईमान निकला। That politician turned out to be dishonest.
(vah netaa beiimaan niklaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मुझे बेईमान लोगों से नफरत है। I hate dishonest people.
(mujhe beiimaan logon se naphrat hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बेईमान मत बनो, सच बता दो। Don't be dishonest, just tell the truth.
(beiimaan mat bano, sach bataa do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर वह बेईमान होता, तो अब तक पकड़ा जाता। If he were dishonest, he would have been caught by now.
(agar vah beiimaan hotaa, to ab tak pakdaa jaataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Passive
कंपनी के कुछ अफसर बेईमान पाए गए। Some officers of the company were found to be corrupt.
(kampnii ke kuchh aphsar beiimaan paae gae।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुम्हें लगता है कि वह मुझसे बेईमान है? Do you think he's being dishonest with me?
(kyaa tumhen lagtaa hai ki vah mujhse beiimaan hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
ताश खेलते वक्त वह हमेशा बेईमानी करता है, इसलिए सब उसे बेईमान कहते हैं। He always cheats while playing cards, so everyone calls him dishonest.
(taash khelte vakt vah hameshaa beiimaanii kartaa hai, islie sab use beiimaan kahte hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
सरकार को चाहिए कि बेईमान अधिकारियों पर कार्रवाई करे। The government should take action against corrupt officials.
(sarkaar ko chaahie ki beiimaan adhikaariyon par kaarrvaaii kare।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
बेईमान व्यापारी अंततः न्याय के कठघरे में लाया जाएगा। The corrupt merchant will eventually be brought to justice.
(beiimaan vyaapaarii anttah nyaay ke kathaghre men laayaa jaaegaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
अरे, इतना मत ऐंठ, तू भी कम बेईमान नहीं है! Hey, don't act so smug, you're no less dishonest yourself!
(are, itnaa mat ainth, too bhii kam beiimaan nahiin hai!)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: बेईमान (beiimaan)