ऊर्णा

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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /uːɾ.ɳɑː/,

ऊर्णा • (ūrṇā) f (rare, formal)

1. wool
2. circle of hair between the eyebrows

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

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.

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

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

• 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

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