urna
English
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā, “wool, thread”).
Noun
urna (plural urnas)
- (Buddhism) A spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.
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- 1916, “Notes on Chinese statuary”, in The Museum Journal[1], 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[2], 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
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Etymology 2
Noun
urna
- (historical) In ancient Rome, a liquid measurement of half an amphora, or a vessel of this size.
- 1810, A description of the collection of ancient terracottas of the British Museum[3], 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[4], 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[5], page 89:
- It follows that the seah must equal the urna, and the hin equal 2 Attic choes.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
urna f (plural urnes)
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
urna f (plural urnes)
- urn (vase)
- poll, ballot box
Further reading
- “urna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/220px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png)
Pronunciation
Noun
urna f
- urn
- urna s popelem ― urn with ashes
Derived terms
- volební urna (“ballot box”)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
urna f (plural urne)
Anagrams
Latin
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Etymology
From ūrō (“burn, singe”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈur.na/, [ˈʊrnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈur.na/, [ˈurnä]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Noun
ūrna f (genitive ūrnae); first declension
- urn, water jar; a vessel for drawing water
- a voting urn, in which ballots were collected
- a funerary urn; a receptacle for the ashes of the dead
- a money jar
- a liquid measure equal to half an amphora
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 |
Derived terms
Descendants
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
Noun
urna f sg
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
urna f sg
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
urna f (plural urne)
Polish
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ashes_Urn.jpg/220px-Ashes_Urn.jpg)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ur‧na
Noun
urna f
- urn (a vessel for ashes or cremains of a deceased person)
- ballot box
Declension
Declension of urna
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ur‧na
Noun
urna f (plural urnas)
- ballot box (a sealed box into which a voter puts his voting slip)
- urn (vessel for ashes of a deceased person)
- (by extension) coffin (box in which a dead person is buried)
- (archaic) a vase for water
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
urna f (Cyrillic spelling урна)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
urna f (plural urnas)
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
urna c
Declension
Declension of urna | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | urna | urnan | urnor | urnorna |
Genitive | urnas | urnans | urnors | urnornas |
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