रंडी (randii)

noun A crude, highly offensive slang term for 'prostitute,' now used mostly as a raw vulgar insult toward women in anger; there is also a widespread abusive compound built on it. This word is included for recognition purposes only -- learners should understand it when they hear it but should not use it.
Sense 1 : prostitute (vulgar slur)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: वेश्या (veshyaa, neutral/formal term, not vulgar), तवायफ़ (tavaayaf, historical/literary term for courtesan)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: This word carries an intensity comparable to the harshest slurs in English and is almost always deployed as an insult rather than a literal description of profession -- shouted in anger, in fights, or in aggressive film dialogue. It very commonly appears as the first half of the abusive compound रंडी का बच्चा (randii kaa bachchaa, 'son of a whore'), which functions like 'son of a bitch' in English.
Common Mistakes: 1) This is not a neutral clinical term like वेश्या (veshyaa) -- it is one of the crudest, most degrading words in Hindi and is never appropriate in polite or formal speech. 2) Learners sometimes encounter it in aggressive Bollywood dialogue or street slang and mistakenly think it is just a casual synonym for 'sex worker'; native speakers hear it as a violent gendered insult regardless of literal context.
Sample Sentences:
वो चिल्लाया, "रंडी, यहाँ से निकल!" He shouted, "Whore, get out of here!"
(vo chillaayaa, "randii, yahaan se nikal!")
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
साले ने गुस्से में उसे रंडी कह दिया। The bastard called her a whore in anger.
(saale ne gusse men use randii kah diyaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
तू रंडी की तरह बात मत कर! Don't talk like a whore!
(too randii kii tarah baat mat kar!)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
फिल्म में विलेन बार-बार उसे रंडी बुलाता है। In the movie, the villain keeps calling her a whore over and over.
(philm men vilen baar-baar use randii bulaataa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अरे रंडी के बच्चे, यहाँ क्या कर रहा है? Hey, son of a bitch, what are you doing here?
(are randii ke bachche, yahaan kyaa kar rahaa hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
झगड़े में दोनों एक-दूसरे को रंडी और गाली देते रहे। In the fight, both kept calling each other whores and cursing.
(jhagde men donon ek-doosre ko randii aur gaalii dete rahe।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर वो मुझे फिर रंडी कहता, तो मैं उसे मार देती। If he had called me a whore again, I would have hit him.
(agar vo mujhe phir randii kahtaa, to main use maar detii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
नशे में उसने अपनी ही बीवी को रंडी की बच्ची बोल दिया। Drunk, he called his own wife a bitch (lit. daughter of a whore).
(nashe men usne apnii hii biivii ko randii kii bachchii bol diyaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
गली में एक आदमी दूसरे को रंडी का बच्चा कहकर पीट रहा था। In the alley, one man was beating another while calling him a son of a whore.
(galii men ek aadmii doosre ko randii kaa bachchaa kahkar piit rahaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): रंडी (randii)
(sg.f.oblique): रंडी (randii)
(pl.f.direct): रंडियाँ (randiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique): रंडियों (randiyon)