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The pitch of the roof.
The end of a triangular roof is called a gable edge or end.
'Arondavu' is not a word in English language. -If hearing it, you may have misheard "a rondavel". - 'Rondavel' is an old pidgin English/Bantuword referring to a small round adobe hut with thatched roof.
DormerThe window is still a window, but the whole opening with the intersecting roof line producing 2 valleys and one ridge, and the walls and 3 sides with the window opening is called a Dormer.
Roof pitch is measured in "rise over run". In other words, how many inches does the roof rise vertically in 12" of horizontal run. If a roof rises 4" in 12" of run, you have a 4/12 roof pitch.