ঊর্ণা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• উর্ণা (urna)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā). Doublet of ঊণ (un) and উল (ul).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /uɾna/, [ˈuɾnaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /uɹna/, [ˈuɹnaˑ]

Noun

ঊর্ণা • (urna)

1. wool
2. cobweb
3. hair between the eyebrows, perceived as a sign of wisdom
4. (Buddhism) urna, spiral or dot placed on the forehead of images

Declension

Inflection of ঊর্ণা
nominative	ঊর্ণা urna
objective	ঊর্ণা / ঊর্ণাকে urna (semantically general or indefinite) / urnake (semantically definite)
genitive	ঊর্ণার urnar
locative	ঊর্ণাতে / ঊর্ণায় urnate / urnaẏ
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ঊর্ণা urna
objective	ঊর্ণা / ঊর্ণাকে urna (semantically general or indefinite) / urnake (semantically definite)
genitive	ঊর্ণার urnar
locative	ঊর্ণাতে / ঊর্ণায় urnate / urnaẏ
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ঊর্ণাটি , ঊর্ণাটা urnaṭi, urnaṭa		ঊর্ণাগুলি, ঊর্ণাগুলা, ঊর্ণাগুলো urnaguli, urnagula, urnagulō
objective	ঊর্ণাটি, ঊর্ণাটা urnaṭi, urnaṭa		ঊর্ণাগুলি, ঊর্ণাগুলা, ঊর্ণাগুলো urnaguli, urnagula, urnagulō
genitive	ঊর্ণাটির, ঊর্ণাটার urnaṭir, urnaṭar		ঊর্ণাগুলির, ঊর্ণাগুলার, ঊর্ণাগুলোর urnagulir, urnagular, urnagulōr
locative	ঊর্ণাটিতে, ঊর্ণাটাতে, ঊর্ণাটায় urnaṭite, urnaṭate, urnaṭaẏ		ঊর্ণাগুলিতে, ঊর্ণাগুলাতে, ঊর্ণাগুলায়, ঊর্ণাগুলোতে urnagulite, urnagulate, urnagulaẏ, urnagulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• ঊর্ণাকোষ (urnakōś)
• ঊর্ণাময় (urnamoẏ)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ঊর্ণা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]