बेईमानी (beiimaanii)
noun
A noun meaning dishonesty or cheating, built from बे- (be, a negating prefix) plus ईमान (iimaan, 'conscience/integrity') plus the abstract-noun suffix -ई; its adjectival relative बेईमान (beiimaan, 'dishonest') is a separate lemma.
Sense
1
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dishonesty, cheating, fraud
noun, feminine
Synonyms: धोखा (dhokhaa), फ़रेब (fareb, literary), छल (chhal, literary), धोखाधड़ी (dhokhaadhdii)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this word a lot around exams, business deals, and card games in Delhi -- कार्ड में बेईमानी मत करो (kaard men beiimaanii mat karo, 'don't cheat at cards') is a classic scolding among friends and family. It carries a moral weight beyond simple trickery: calling something बेईमानी (beiimaanii) implies a violation of fairness or trust, not just cleverness.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for धोखा (dhokhaa) as an automatic synonym, but बेईमानी (beiimaanii) leans specifically toward a betrayal of trust or fairness (cheating in a deal, a game, an exam), while धोखा (dhokhaa) covers deception more broadly, including simply being fooled or misled without any unfairness implied. 2) The common verb frame is बेईमानी करना (beiimaanii karnaa, 'to cheat/act dishonestly') -- learners sometimes try to use बेईमानी (beiimaanii) as if it were itself a verb.
Sample Sentences:
परीक्षा में बेईमानी करना गलत बात है।
Cheating in the exam is a wrong thing to do.
(pariikshaa men beiimaanii karnaa galat baat hai।)
कार्ड में बेईमानी मत करो।
Don't cheat at cards.
(kaard men beiimaanii mat karo।)
उसने व्यापार में इतनी बेईमानी की कि सब उससे नाराज़ हो गए।
He committed so much fraud in the business that everyone got angry with him.
(usne vyaapaar men itnii beiimaanii kii ki sab usse naaraaz ho gae।)
अगर वह बेईमानी नहीं करता तो आज इतना पैसा नहीं होता।
If he hadn't been dishonest, he wouldn't have this much money today.
(agar vah beiimaanii nahiin kartaa to aaj itnaa paisaa nahiin hotaa।)
दुकानदार ग्राहकों के साथ बेईमानी करता रहता है।
The shopkeeper keeps cheating his customers.
(dukaandaar graahkon ke saath beiimaanii kartaa rahtaa hai।)
मुझे शक है कि इस सौदे में कोई बेईमानी हुई है।
I suspect that some fraud has happened in this deal.
(mujhe shak hai ki is saude men koii beiimaanii huii hai।)
काश वह अपने काम में बेईमानी न करे।
I wish he wouldn't be dishonest in his work.
(kaash vah apne kaam men beiimaanii n kare।)
चुनाव में इतनी बेईमानी हुई कि लोगों ने विरोध शुरू कर दिया।
So much fraud occurred in the election that people started protesting.
(chunaav men itnii beiimaanii huii ki logon ne virodh shuroo kar diyaa।)
इस मामले में बेईमानी की पूरी जांच की जाएगी।
A full investigation into the fraud will be conducted in this case.
(is maamle men beiimaanii kii poorii jaanch kii jaaegii।)
अध्यापक ने कहा कि परीक्षा में जो भी बेईमानी करेगा उसे बाहर निकाल दिया जाएगा।
The teacher said that whoever cheats in the exam will be thrown out.
(adhyaapak ne kahaa ki pariikshaa men jo bhii beiimaanii karegaa use baahar nikaal diyaa jaaegaa।)
क्या तुम्हें नहीं लगता कि यह साफ़ बेईमानी है?
Don't you think this is clear-cut dishonesty?
(kyaa tumhen nahiin lagtaa ki yah saaf beiimaanii hai?)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
बेईमानी
(beiimaanii)
(sg.f.oblique):
बेईमानी
(beiimaanii)
(pl.f.direct):
बेईमानियाँ
(beiimaaniyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
बेईमानियों
(beiimaaniyon)