# ऊन
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /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)
* wool

##### 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)
* (obsolete) deficient, defective, less, minus
    Synonym: कम (kam)
* (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)
* warm, hot

## Sanskrit
### 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: /uː.nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈuː.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

ऊन • (ūná) stem (comparative उनीयस्, superlative उनिष्ठ)
* 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)
* minus, fewer, smaller, inferior
* defective

#### 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]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 241