ऊन

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (uṇṇā), from Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”). Doublet of ऊर्णा (ūrṇā), a tatsama.

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /uːn/, [ũːn]

ऊन • (ūn) m (Urdu spelling اون)

1. wool

• ऊनी (ūnī, “woolen”)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ūˊrṇā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Inherited from Old Marathi उन्ह (unha), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀡𑁆𑀳 (uṇha), from Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇá).

ऊन • (ūn)

1. warm, hot

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HuHnás (“empty, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁uh₂-nó-s, from *h₁weh₂-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬏𐬥𐬀 (ūna), Latin vānus, Proto-Germanic *wanaz.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /uː.nɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.n̪ɐ/

ऊन • (ūná)

1. deficient, wanting, lacking, less than the right number
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā)
2. minus, fewer, smaller, inferior
3. defective

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: උනු (unu, “deficient”)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀊𑀡 (ūṇa)
  • Bengali: ঊন (un, “less”)
  • Odia: ଊଣା (uṇa, “less, lacking”)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀊𑀡 (ūṇa)
  • Konkani: उणे (uṇe, “less”)
  • Marathi: उणे (uṇe, “less, minus”)
  • ⇒ Marathi: उणीव (uṇīv, “deficiency”)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਊਣਾ (ūṇā)
• Pali: ūna
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀊𑀡 (ūṇa)
  • Hindi: ऊना (ūnā, “less; lacking, incomplete”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऊन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 221/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 241