پنڈال

Urdu

Etymology

Possibly from Punjabi پِنْڈ (pinḍ, “village”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɪn.ɖɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl
• Hyphenation: پِنْ‧ڈال

Noun

پِنْڈال • (pinḍāl) m (Hindi spelling पिंडाल)

1. canopy; pavilion; the ground of a large event or convention usually with tents or marquees etc.

Declension

Declension of پنڈال

	singular	plural
direct	پِنْڈال (pinḍāl)	پِنْڈال (pinḍāl)
oblique	پِنْڈال (pinḍāl)	پِنْڈالوں (pinḍālõ)
vocative	پِنْڈال (pinḍāl)	پِنْڈالو (pinḍālo)

Further reading

• “پنڈال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پنڈال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پنڈال”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پنڈال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.