ऊर्णा

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) 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

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

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

Pronunciation

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 (ū́rṇā)
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 / ऊर्णा¹
ū́rṇayā / ū́rṇā¹		 ऊर्णाभ्याम्
ū́rṇābhyām		 ऊर्णाभिः
ū́rṇābhiḥ
Dative ऊर्णायै
ū́rṇāyai		 ऊर्णाभ्याम्
ū́rṇābhyām		 ऊर्णाभ्यः
ū́rṇābhyaḥ
Ablative ऊर्णायाः / ऊर्णायै²
ū́rṇāyāḥ / ū́rṇāyai²		 ऊर्णाभ्याम्
ū́rṇābhyām		 ऊर्णाभ्यः
ū́rṇābhyaḥ
Genitive ऊर्णायाः / ऊर्णायै²
ū́rṇāyāḥ / ū́rṇāyai²		 ऊर्णयोः
ū́rṇayoḥ		 ऊर्णानाम्
ū́rṇānām
Locative ऊर्णायाम्
ū́rṇāyām		 ऊर्णयोः
ū́rṇayoḥ		 ऊर्णासु
ū́rṇāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: वोन् (wōn)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: ਉੱਨ (unna)
  • Pali: uṇṇa
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀉𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (uṇṇā)
  • → Hindi: ऊर्णा (ūrṇā)
  • → Tocharian A: urṇ
  • → Tocharian B: *ūrṇ

References
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