روندل

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• رونْدُو (rondū), رونْدَڑ (rondaṛ)

Etymology

From رونْد (rond, “unsporting behaviour”) +‎ ـل (-l), related to روݨا (roṇā, “to cry”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾoːn.d̪əlᵊ/, [ɾoːnˑ.d̪əɭᵊ]

Adjective

روندَࣇ • (rondaḷ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਰੋਂਦਲ਼) (Majhi, colloquial)

1. maudlin, mawkish
2. (sports, games) unsportsmanlike, cheat
3. (literally) crybaby

   Synonym: رِینْڈَر (rīnḍar)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رونّدل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਰੋਂਦਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024