روندل

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Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, 2025