ਰੰਨ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

ਰੱਨ (ranna)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀟 (raṇḍa), from Sanskrit ਰਣ੍ਡ (raṇḍa). Doublet of ਰੰਡੀ (raṇḍī). Cognate with Saraiki رَنّ (rann, “woman; wife”), Sindhi رَنَ (rana, “widow; woman; wife (derogatory)”), Hindi रांड (rāṇḍ, “widow”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾənn/, [ɾən(ː)]
Rhymes: -ənn

Noun

ਰੰਨ • (rann) f (Shahmukhi spelling رن) (chiefly derogatory)

woman
Synonyms: ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ (zanānī), ਤਰੀਮਤ (tarīmat), ਨਾਰ (nār), ਸੁਆਣੀ (suāṇī), ਜਣੀ (jaṇī), ਔਰਤ (aurat)

ਚੋਰ-ਉਚੱਕਾ ਚੌਧਰੀ, ਗੁੰਡੀ ਰੰਨ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ
cora-ucakkā caudhrī, guṇḍī rann prdhān
A burglar and a pickpocket is a zamindar, and a thuggish woman is a pradhan. (proverb)
(by extension) wife
Synonyms: ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ (zanānī), ਵਹੁਟੀ (vahuṭī), ਤੀਵੀਂ (tīvī̃), ਘਰਵਾਲ਼ੀ (gharvāḷī), ਜ਼ਾਲ (zāl), ਪਤਨੀ (patnī)

Declension

Declension of **ਰੰਨ**
	singular	plural
direct	ਰੰਨ (rann)	ਰੰਨਾਂ (rannā̃)
oblique	ਰੰਨ (rann)	ਰੰਨਾਂ (rannā̃)
vocative	ਰੰਨੇ (ranne)	ਰੰਨੋ (ranno)
ablative	ਰੰਨੋਂ (rannõ)	—
locative	ਰੰਨੇ (ranne)	ਰੰਨੀਂ (rannī̃)
instrumental	ਰੰਨੇ (ranne)	ਰੰਨੀਂ (rannī̃)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*raṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਰੰਨ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
“ਰੰਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026