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)
Declension
| 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)
- ᠤᠤᠷᢏᠠ᠋ᠠ (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
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwŕ̥HnaH (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬁 (varənā), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Latin lāna, Lithuanian vi̇̀lna, English wool.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /úːɾ.ɳɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /uːɾ.ɳɑː/
Noun
ऊर्णा • (ū́rṇā) stem, f
- wool, a woollen thread, thread
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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.
- uta sma te paruṣṇyāmūrṇā vasata śundhyavaḥ.
- उत स्म ते परुष्ण्याम्ऊर्णा वसत शुन्ध्यवः।
- cobweb
- circle of hair between the eyebrows
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā) | 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) |
| vocative | ऊर्णे (ū́rṇe) | ऊर्णे (ū́rṇe) | ऊर्णाः (ū́rṇāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: वोन् (wōn)
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਉੱਨ (unna)
- Pali: uṇṇa
- → Kannada: ಉಣ್ಣೆ (uṇṇe)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀉𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (uṇṇā)
- → 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.