urna

See also: urnă

English

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā, “wool, thread”).

Noun

urna (plural urnas)

1. (Buddhism) A spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.
   • 1901, Isaac Groneman, translated by A. Dolk, The Hindu Ruins in the Plain of Parambanan‎^[1], translation of original in Dutch:

     The urna is not worn by all, nor the monastic dress of the magnificent image of the Buddhistic prince on the right side of the great Buddha in the chanḍi Mĕndut.

   • 1916, “Notes on Chinese statuary”, in The Museum Journal‎^[2], volume 7, University of Pennsylvania University Museum, page 156:

     The ûrna or mark upon the forehead and the long pierced ear lobes so generally characteristic of Buddhist images are not present in this instance.

   • 2009, David Reed, The Rough Guide to Nepal‎^[3], page 107:

     Between the eyes is a curl of hair (urna), one of the identifying features of a Buddha, and the thing that looks like a nose is a miraculous light emanating from the urna (it can also be interpreted as the Nepali figure “one”, conveying the unity of all things).

Translations

dot

• Burmese: ဥဏ္ဏလုံ (my) (unna.lum), ဥဏ္ဏလုံမွေးရှင် (my) (unna.lummwe:hrang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白毫 (zh) (báiháo)

• Japanese: 白毫 (ja) (びゃくごう, byakugō)
• Korean: 백호 (baekho)
• Pali: uṇṇa
• Sanskrit: ऊर्णा (sa) (ūrṇā)
• Thai: อุณาโลม (th)
• Tibetan: མཛོད་སྦུས་ (mdzod sbus)
• Vietnamese: bạch mao tướng

Etymology 2

From Latin urna, usually derived from ūrō (“to burn, to singe”) in reference to the firing of the clay in their creation. Doublet of urn.

Noun

urna (plural urnas or urnae)

1. (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 40 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 13 L although differing slightly over time.
   • 1810, A Description of the Collection of Ancient Terracottas of the British Museum‎^[4], British Museum, No. XXXIX, page 22:

     A wine vessel, probably the Roman urna, which contained half the quantity of the amphora.

   • 1847, Francis Adams, The Seven Books of Paulus Ægeineta‎^[5], volume 3, The Sydenham Society, page 623:

     The congius was the 8th part of the amphora, and the 4th of the urna: it contained 6 sextarii.

   • 1903, Sir Charles Warren, The Ancient Cubit and Our Weights and Measures‎^[6], page 89:

     It follows that the seah must equal the urna, and the hin equal 2 Attic choes.

Synonyms

• urn, half-amphora

Coordinate terms

• (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/1152 urna), cyathus (1/288 urna), acetabulum (1/192 urna), quartarius (1/96 urna), hemina (1/48 urna), sextarius (1/24 urna), congius (¼ urna), amphora (2 urnas), culeus (40 urnas)

Anagrams

• ruan, Ruan, naur, Arun, uran-, Uran

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin urna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɾna/, [ˈuɾ.na]

Noun

urna f (plural urnes)

1. urn
2. ballot box

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈur.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈuɾ.na]

Noun

urna f (plural urnes)

1. urn (vase)
2. poll, ballot box

Further reading

• “urna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Volební urna

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈurna]
• Hyphenation: ur‧na

Noun

urna f

1. urn

   urna s popelem ― urn with ashes

Declension

Declension of urna (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	urna	urny
genitive	urny	uren
dative	urně	urnám
accusative	urnu	urny
vocative	urno	urny
locative	urně	urnách
instrumental	urnou	urnami

Derived terms

• volební urna

 

Further reading

• “urna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “urna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin urna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈurnɒ]
• Hyphenation: urna

Noun

urna (plural urnák)

1. urn
2. ballot box

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	urna	urnák
accusative	urnát	urnákat
dative	urnának	urnáknak
instrumental	urnával	urnákkal
causal-final	urnáért	urnákért
translative	urnává	urnákká
terminative	urnáig	urnákig
essive-formal	urnaként	urnákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	urnában	urnákban
superessive	urnán	urnákon
adessive	urnánál	urnáknál
illative	urnába	urnákba
sublative	urnára	urnákra
allative	urnához	urnákhoz
elative	urnából	urnákból
delative	urnáról	urnákról
ablative	urnától	urnáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	urnáé	urnáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	urnáéi	urnákéi

Possessive forms of urna
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	urnám	urnáim
2nd person sing.	urnád	urnáid
3rd person sing.	urnája	urnái
1st person plural	urnánk	urnáink
2nd person plural	urnátok	urnáitok
3rd person plural	urnájuk	urnáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• szavazóurna

 

Italian

Etymology

From Latin urna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.na/
• Rhymes: -urna
• Hyphenation: ùr‧na

Noun

urna f (plural urne)

1. urn, pot
2. ballot box

Anagrams

• runa

Latin

ūrna sepulcrālis (a funerary urn)

Etymology

Typically derived from ūrō (“burn, singe”), in reference to the firing of the clay in their creation.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuːr.na/, [ˈuːrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈur.na/, [ˈurnä]

Noun

ūrna f (genitive ūrnae); first declension

1. urn, a moderately sized vessel for drawing water
   • c. 620–600 BC, Tita Vendia vase:

     𐌄𐌂𐌏𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌉𐌀𐌔𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓[𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌]𐌄𐌃𐌖𐌇𐌄[𐌂𐌄𐌃]

     ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]
     eco urna tita vendias mamar[cos m]ed vhe[ced]

     I am the urn of Tita Vendia. Mamar[cos had me made].

2. (chiefly historical) ballot box, particularly the urns used in gathering Roman ballots under the Republic
3. urn, a moderately sized vessel used to store the ashes of the cremated dead
4. bank, coin jar, a jar or urn used to store money
5. (historical) urna, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 13 L

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūrna	ūrnae
Genitive	ūrnae	ūrnārum
Dative	ūrnae	ūrnīs
Accusative	ūrnam	ūrnās
Ablative	ūrnā	ūrnīs
Vocative	ūrna	ūrnae

Coordinate terms

• (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/1152 urna), cyathus (1/288 urna), acetabulum (1/192 urna), quartarius (1/96 urna), hemina (1/48 urna), sextarius (1/24 urna), congius (¼ urna), amphora (2 urnae), culeus (40 urnae)

Derived terms

• ūrnālis
• ūrnārium
• ūrniger
• ūrnula

 

Descendants

• Asturian: urna
• Catalan: urna
• English: urn, urna
• Esperanto: urno
• French: urne
• Galician: urna
• Georgian: ურნა (urna)
• German: Urne
• Italian: urna
• Norwegian: urne (Bokmål), urne (Nynorsk)
• Portuguese: urna
• Romanian: urnă
• Russian: у́рна (úrna)
• Spanish: urna

References

• “urna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “urna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• urna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “urna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• urnen

Noun

urna f sg

1. definite feminine singular of urne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

urna f sg

1. definite singular of urne

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ürna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyrna/

Noun

urna f (plural urne)

1. urn

Polish

urna

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ūrna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -urna
• Syllabification: ur‧na

Noun

urna f

1. urn (vessel for ashes or cremains of a deceased person)
2. ballot box

Declension

Declension of urna

	singular	plural
nominative	urna	urny
genitive	urny	urn
dative	urnie	urnom
accusative	urnę	urny
instrumental	urną	urnami
locative	urnie	urnach
vocative	urno	urny

Derived terms

adjective

• urnowy

 

Further reading

• urna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• urna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin urna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.nɐ/ [ˈuɦ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.nɐ/ [ˈuɦ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuɻ.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: ur‧na

Noun

urna f (plural urnas)

1. ballot box (a sealed box into which a voter puts his voting slip)
2. urn (vessel for ashes of a deceased person)
3. (by extension) coffin (box in which a dead person is buried)
4. (archaic) a vase for water

Further reading

• “urna” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

urna f (Cyrillic spelling урна)

1. urn

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin urna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɾna/ [ˈuɾ.na]
• Rhymes: -uɾna
• Syllabification: ur‧na

Noun

urna f (plural urnas)

1. urn
2. poll; ballot box

Derived terms

• sondeo a pie de urna

 

Further reading

• “urna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

urna c

1. urn

Declension

Declension of urna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	urna	urnan	urnor	urnorna
Genitive	urnas	urnans	urnors	urnornas

References

• urna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• urna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• urna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• runa, uran