Malay

edit

Noun

edit

رونا (plural رونا-رونا or رونا۲, informal 1st possessive روناکو, 2nd possessive رونامو, 3rd possessive روناڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of rona

Punjabi

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑁄𑀅𑀇 (roaï), 𑀭𑁄𑀯𑀇 (rovaï), 𑀭𑁄𑀬𑀇 (royaï), from Sanskrit रोदति (rodati), रोदिति (róditi).

Verb

edit

رونا (ronā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਰੋਣਾ)

  1. to cry, weep

References

edit

Urdu

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Prakrit रोवइ (rovaï), रोअइ (roaï), रोयइ (royaï), from Sanskrit रोदति (rodati), रोदिति (róditi).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

رونا (ronā) (Hindi spelling रोना)

  1. to cry, weep

Conjugation

edit
  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

edit
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رونا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 350
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rōdati, rōditi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 627
  • رونا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.