ऊर्णा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā). Doublet of ऊन (ūn).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /uːɾ.ɳɑː/, [uːɾ.ɳäː]

Noun

ऊर्णा • (ūrṇā) f (rare, formal)

1. wool
2. circle of hair between the eyebrows

Declension

Declension of ऊर्णा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ऊर्णा ūrṇā	ऊर्णाएँ ūrṇāẽ
oblique	ऊर्णा ūrṇā	ऊर्णाओं ūrṇāõ
vocative	ऊर्णा ūrṇā	ऊर्णाओ ūrṇāo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ऊर्णा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঊৰ্ণা (Assamese script)
• ᬊᬃᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
• ঊর্ণা (Bengali script)
• 𑰅𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀊𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဦရ်္ဏာ (Burmese script)
• ઊર્ણા (Gujarati script)
• ਊਰ੍ਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌊𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦴꦂꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂈𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಊರ್ಣಾ (Kannada script)
• ឩណ៌ា (Khmer script)
• ອູຣ຺ຓາ (Lao script)
• ഊര്ണാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡠᡵᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘅𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠤᠤᠷᢏᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦥𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐅𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଊର୍ଣା (Odia script)
• ꢇꢬ꣄ꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆈𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖅𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඌර්‍ණා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚅𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஊர்ணா (Tamil script)
• ఊర్ణా (Telugu script)
• อูรฺณา (Thai script)
• ཨཱུ་རྞཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒆𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH

Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬁 (var^ənā), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, English wool.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /úːɾ.ɳɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /uːɾ.ɳɑː/

Noun

ऊर्णा • (ū́rṇā) stem, f

1. wool, a woollen thread, thread
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.52.9:

     उत स्म ते परुष्ण्याम्ऊर्णा वसत शुन्ध्यवः।
     उत पव्या रथानामद्रिं भिन्दन्त्योजसा॥

     uta sma te paruṣṇyāmūrṇā vasata śundhyavaḥ.
     uta pavyā rathānāmadriṃ bhindantyojasā.

     Fair-gleaming, on Paruṣṇī they have clothed themselves in robes of wool,
     And with their chariot tires they cleave the rock asunder in their might.

2. cobweb
3. circle of hair between the eyebrows

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of ऊर्णा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā)	ऊर्णे (ū́rṇe)	ऊर्णाः (ū́rṇāḥ)
vocative	ऊर्णे (ū́rṇe)	ऊर्णे (ū́rṇe)	ऊर्णाः (ū́rṇāḥ)
accusative	ऊर्णाम् (ū́rṇām)	ऊर्णे (ū́rṇe)	ऊर्णाः (ū́rṇāḥ)
instrumental	ऊर्णया (ū́rṇayā) ऊर्णा¹ (ū́rṇā¹)	ऊर्णाभ्याम् (ū́rṇābhyām)	ऊर्णाभिः (ū́rṇābhiḥ)
dative	ऊर्णायै (ū́rṇāyai)	ऊर्णाभ्याम् (ū́rṇābhyām)	ऊर्णाभ्यः (ū́rṇābhyaḥ)
ablative	ऊर्णायाः (ū́rṇāyāḥ) ऊर्णायै² (ū́rṇāyai²)	ऊर्णाभ्याम् (ū́rṇābhyām)	ऊर्णाभ्यः (ū́rṇābhyaḥ)
genitive	ऊर्णायाः (ū́rṇāyāḥ) ऊर्णायै² (ū́rṇāyai²)	ऊर्णयोः (ū́rṇayoḥ)	ऊर्णानाम् (ū́rṇānām)
locative	ऊर्णायाम् (ū́rṇāyām)	ऊर्णयोः (ū́rṇayoḥ)	ऊर्णासु (ū́rṇāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: वोन् (wōn)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Dogri: unna

    Devanagari script: उन्न

    Dogra script: 𑠄𑠝𑠹𑠝

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: উণ (un)
  • Bengali: ঊণ (un)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਉੱਨ (unna)
• Pali: uṇṇa
  • → Kannada: ಉಣ್ಣೆ (uṇṇe)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀉𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (uṇṇā)
  • Kachchi: ઊન (ūna)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: ऊन (ūn)
    • Urdu: اون (ūn)
• → Hindi: ऊर्णा (ūrṇā) (learned)
• → Tocharian A: urṇ
• → Tocharian B: *ūrṇ

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऊर्णा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 221/3.