ওড়না

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali ওঢ়না (ōṛhona), from Old Bengali ওঢণা (oḍhaṇā), from Prakrit 𑀑𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀡 (ŏḍḍhaṇa, “scarf, cloak, veil”), from *𑀑𑀟𑁆𑀠𑁆- (*ŏḍḍh-, “to put on, wear clothes, cover”) + -𑀅𑀡 (-aṇa, nominal suffix), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *uḍ-, or a related language. Doublet of ওড় (ōṛ, “pillowcase”) and উড়নি (uṛoni, “cloak”).

Cognates

• Assamese উৰ (ur, “to put on”), ওৰণি (üroni), ওৰোণা (ürüna, “veil”)
• Awadhi ओढ़ना (oṛhnā, “mantle”)
• Bhojpuri ओढ़ना (ōṛhᵊnā, “mantle”)
• Gujarati ઓઢવું (oḍhavũ, “to put on”)
• Hindi ओढ़ना (oṛhnā, “to wear, cover”), ओढ़नी (oṛhnī, “shawl, veil”)
• Kannada ಉಡು (uḍu, “to wear”)
• Old Gujarati उढिउ (uḍhiu, “spread over”)
• Old Marwari औढइ (auḍhai, “covers”)
• Punjabi ਉਢਾਉਣਾ (uḍhāuṇā, “to cause to be worn”), ਓਢ੍ਣੀ (oḍhṇī, “veil”)
• Odia ଓଢ଼ିବା (oṛhiba, “to wear”)
• Tamil உடு (uṭu, “dress”)
• Telugu ఉడుపు (uḍupu, “dress”)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /oɽna/, [ˈoɽnaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /oɽna/, [ˈoɽnaˑ]

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Noun

ওড়না • (oṛna)

1. (women's) scarf, cloak, veil

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*oḍḍh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 124