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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesदोष
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dosh
"इसमें मेरी कोई गलती नहीं है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Responsibility for a fault or wrong.
"They laid the blame on the new management."
- 1
Assign responsibility for a fault or wrong.
"Don't blame me for the mistake."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French verb 'blâmer', which comes from the Late Latin 'blasphemare' (to speak evil of, revile), ultimately originating from the Greek 'blasphemēin'. Historically, the semantic focus shifted from general revilement or speaking profanely to the specific assignment of responsibility for a fault or wrong.
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faute
Transliteration: faute
"Ce n'est pas ma faute."
Schuld
Transliteration: Schuld
"Das ist nicht meine Schuld."
colpa
Transliteration: colpa
"Non è colpa mia."
culpa
Transliteration: culpa
"No es mi culpa."
culpa
Transliteration: culpa
"A culpa não é minha."
दोष
Transliteration: dosh
"इसमें मेरी कोई गलती नहीं है।"
责备
Transliteration: zé bèi
"这不怪我。"
비난
Transliteration: binan
"제 탓이 아닙니다."
非難
Transliteration: hinan
"私のせいではありません。"
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