कपट गलत है।

कपट means deceit, trickery, hypocrisy, fraud, or dishonesty, depending on context. In this sentence, it refers to something morally dishonest or deceptive.

It is close to deceit, but it can sound a little broader and more literary than everyday English deceit. In many contexts, it carries a moral tone: not just a trick, but something ethically wrong.

Common near-equivalents:

• deceit
• trickery
• dishonesty
• hypocrisy (in some contexts)

So कपट गलत है। is basically saying that deceit or dishonesty is wrong.

It is understandable, but it sounds a bit formal, literary, or moralistic compared with very everyday speech.

In casual conversation, people might more often say things like:

• धोखा = cheating / betrayal / deception
• छल = deceit / trickery
• बेईमानी = dishonesty

So कपट गलत है। is perfectly valid Hindi, but it has a somewhat elevated or bookish tone.

Hindi usually places the verb at the end of the clause. That is one of the most basic word-order differences from English.

So:

• कपट = deceit
• गलत = wrong
• है = is

Literal order:

• Deceit wrong is.

Natural English order:

• Deceit is wrong.

This end-position of the verb is very normal in Hindi.

Yes. गलत means wrong, and here it functions like a predicate adjective, describing कपट.

So the structure is:

• कपट = subject
• गलत = adjective/predicate
• है = is

This is the same kind of pattern as:

• यह अच्छा है। = This is good.
• वह सही है। = That is correct.
• झूठ बुरा है। = Lying is bad.

Because गलत usually does not visibly change for gender or number in normal usage. It is commonly used in the same form with masculine, feminine, singular, and plural nouns.

For example:

• यह बात गलत है। = This matter is wrong.
• ये बातें गलत हैं। = These matters are wrong.

Notice that गलत stays the same. The verb changes:

• है for singular
• हैं for plural

So with कपट, which is being treated as singular, गलत है is the normal form.

कपट is generally treated as masculine in Hindi.

In this particular sentence, though, you do not see any obvious masculine marking on गलत, because गलत usually stays unchanged. But if you used another adjective that clearly shows gender, masculine agreement would normally be expected.

For example, with a clearly changing adjective:

• यह विचार अच्छा है। = This idea is good.
  Here अच्छा shows masculine singular agreement.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• कपट = kapaṭ
• गलत = galat
• है = hai

A fuller approximation:

• kuh-put (with a retroflex ṭ at the end)
• guh-lut
• hai (like high, but often a bit shorter or flatter depending on accent)

A few helpful pronunciation notes:

• The ट in कपट is a retroflex t sound, made with the tongue curled slightly back.
• Hindi usually does not pronounce every written a as a full English-style vowel. So कपट is not kapata.
• है is the standard present form meaning is/am/are depending on context.

Hindi does not use articles the way English does. There is no direct equivalent of a/an/the that must appear in ordinary sentences.

So:

• कपट गलत है। can mean Deceit is wrong or Deceitfulness is wrong.

Hindi often leaves that kind of definiteness or generality to context.

Yes, depending on context, कपट can sometimes be understood in a way that overlaps with hypocrisy. But its core idea is more generally deceitfulness or dishonest trickery.

So:

• safest broad translation: Deceit is wrong
• possible context-based translation: Hypocrisy is wrong

If the speaker specifically meant hypocrisy, other words might sometimes be clearer depending on context.

Yes, कपट बुरा है is also possible, but it is slightly different in tone.

• गलत = wrong, incorrect, improper, morally wrong
• बुरा = bad, evil, harmful, unpleasant

So:

• कपट गलत है। = Deceit is wrong.
  This sounds like a judgment of correctness or morality.

• कपट बुरा है। = Deceit is bad.
  This sounds a bit broader and more general.

In English, the difference is similar to wrong versus bad.

In very informal speech, especially in conversation, Hindi speakers sometimes omit forms of to be when the meaning is obvious. But in a full, neutral written sentence, है should be included.

So the standard sentence is:

• कपट गलत है।

Leaving it out:

• कपट गलत।

That would sound incomplete in normal writing and most careful speech.

By itself, it most naturally sounds like a general statement: deceit as a concept is wrong.

Hindi often uses a bare noun like this to talk about things in general:

• सत्य अच्छा है। = Truth is good.
• झूठ गलत है। = Lying is wrong.
• कपट गलत है। = Deceit is wrong.

If you wanted to talk about a specific act, the context would usually make that clear, or the sentence would include extra words.

It is a very common Hindi pattern:

noun + adjective + है

Examples:

• यह सही है। = This is correct.
• काम मुश्किल है। = The work is difficult.
• जीवन सुंदर है। = Life is beautiful.
• कपट गलत है। = Deceit is wrong.

So this sentence is a good example of a basic Hindi equational/descriptive sentence.