ऊन

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /uːn/, [ũːn]

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

ऊन • (ūn) m (Urdu spelling اون)

1. wool

Declension

Declension of ऊन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ऊन ūn	ऊन ūn
oblique	ऊन ūn	ऊनों ūnõ
vocative	ऊन ūn	ऊनो ūno

Derived terms

• ऊनी (ūnī, “woolen”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀊𑀡 (ūṇa), from Sanskrit ऊन (ūná, “less, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HuHnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁uh₂nós. Related to ऊना (ūnā).

Adjective

ऊन • (ūn)

1. (obsolete) deficient, defective, less, minus

   Synonym: कम (kam)

2. (obsolete, figurative) displeased, disaffected

Derived terms

• (ऊनवाचक, diminutive)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

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

Adjective

ऊन • (ūn)

1. warm, hot

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঊন (Assamese script)
• ᬊᬦ (Balinese script)
• ঊন (Bengali script)
• 𑰅𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀊𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဦန (Burmese script)
• ઊન (Gujarati script)
• ਊਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌊𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂈𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಊನ (Kannada script)
• ឩន (Khmer script)
• ອູນ (Lao script)
• ഊന (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘅𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠤᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦥𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐅𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଊନ (Odia script)
• ꢇꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆈𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖅𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ඌන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚅𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஊந (Tamil script)
• ఊన (Telugu script)
• อูน (Thai script)
• ཨཱུ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒆𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ऊन • (ūná) stem (comparative उनीयस्, superlative उनिष्ठ)

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ऊन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ऊनः (ūnáḥ)	ऊनौ (ūnaú) ऊना¹ (ūnā́¹)	ऊनाः (ūnā́ḥ) ऊनासः¹ (ūnā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ऊनम् (ūnám)	ऊनौ (ūnaú) ऊना¹ (ūnā́¹)	ऊनान् (ūnā́n)
instrumental	ऊनेन (ūnéna)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनैः (ūnaíḥ) ऊनेभिः¹ (ūnébhiḥ¹)
dative	ऊनाय (ūnā́ya)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनेभ्यः (ūnébhyaḥ)
ablative	ऊनात् (ūnā́t)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनेभ्यः (ūnébhyaḥ)
genitive	ऊनस्य (ūnásya)	ऊनयोः (ūnáyoḥ)	ऊनानाम् (ūnā́nām)
locative	ऊने (ūné)	ऊनयोः (ūnáyoḥ)	ऊनेषु (ūnéṣu)
vocative	ऊन (ū́na)	ऊनौ (ū́nau) ऊना¹ (ū́nā¹)	ऊनाः (ū́nāḥ) ऊनासः¹ (ū́nāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of ऊना

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ऊना (ūnā́)	ऊने (ūné)	ऊनाः (ūnā́ḥ)
accusative	ऊनाम् (ūnā́m)	ऊने (ūné)	ऊनाः (ūnā́ḥ)
instrumental	ऊनया (ūnáyā) ऊना¹ (ūnā́¹)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनाभिः (ūnā́bhiḥ)
dative	ऊनायै (ūnā́yai)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनाभ्यः (ūnā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	ऊनायाः (ūnā́yāḥ) ऊनायै² (ūnā́yai²)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनाभ्यः (ūnā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	ऊनायाः (ūnā́yāḥ) ऊनायै² (ūnā́yai²)	ऊनयोः (ūnáyoḥ)	ऊनानाम् (ūnā́nām)
locative	ऊनायाम् (ūnā́yām)	ऊनयोः (ūnáyoḥ)	ऊनासु (ūnā́su)
vocative	ऊने (ū́ne)	ऊने (ū́ne)	ऊनाः (ū́nāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of ऊन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ऊनम् (ūnám)	ऊने (ūné)	ऊनानि (ūnā́ni) ऊना¹ (ūnā́¹)
accusative	ऊनम् (ūnám)	ऊने (ūné)	ऊनानि (ūnā́ni) ऊना¹ (ūnā́¹)
instrumental	ऊनेन (ūnéna)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनैः (ūnaíḥ) ऊनेभिः¹ (ūnébhiḥ¹)
dative	ऊनाय (ūnā́ya)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनेभ्यः (ūnébhyaḥ)
ablative	ऊनात् (ūnā́t)	ऊनाभ्याम् (ūnā́bhyām)	ऊनेभ्यः (ūnébhyaḥ)
genitive	ऊनस्य (ūnásya)	ऊनयोः (ūnáyoḥ)	ऊनानाम् (ūnā́nām)
locative	ऊने (ūné)	ऊनयोः (ūnáyoḥ)	ऊनेषु (ūnéṣu)
vocative	ऊन (ū́na)	ऊने (ū́ne)	ऊनानि (ū́nāni) ऊना¹ (ū́nā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: උනු (unu, “deficient”)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀊𑀡 (ūṇa)
  • Bengali: ঊন (un, “less”)
  • Odia: ଊଣା (uṇā, “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”)

References

• 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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 241