urna

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

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^[2], 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^[3], 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^[4], 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).

From Latin urna. Doublet of urn.

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^[5], 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^[6], 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^[7], page 89:

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

• urn, half-amphora

• (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)

• ruan, Ruan, naur, Arun, uran-, Uran

From Latin urna.

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

urna f (plural urnes)

1. urn
2. ballot box

Borrowed from Latin urna.

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

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urna f (plural urnes)

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

• “urna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Spanish urna, from Latin urna.

urna

1. a glass case where a religious image or something precious is kept
2. (historical, art) a Boholano shrine or niche, usually carved from wood and polychromed, used to house a religious statue or icon for private devotion
   • 2016 July 18, Inquirer Lifestyle, “Bohol revives ‘urna’ religious carving tradition”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[8]:

     The urna is a small wooden house-like altar or shrine for a santo (image of a saint)

3. vessel for the ashes of a cremated person; an urn

• urnita

Inherited from Spanish urna (“urn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɾna/, [ˈuɾ.na]
• Hyphenation: ur‧na

urna

1. urn

Borrowed from Latin urna.

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

urna f

1. urn

   urna s popelem ― urn with ashes

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

From Latin urna.

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

urna (plural urnák)

1. urn
2. ballot box

From Latin urna.

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

urna f (plural urne)

1. urn, pot
2. ballot box

• runa

Probably from *urc-na, with simplification of the cluster.^[1] Ernout and Meillet view this word, urceus, orca and Greek ὕρχη (húrkhē) (other words for vessels) as all related somehow via borrowing (with the exact source and pathway unclear).^[2] Bennett 1907 indicates that the length of the vowel in the first syllable is not established, noting that the Italian descendant could be a learned form, and hypothesizes that the word is derived from a weak grade of the root arc-,^[3] presumably referring to the root found in arceō, arca, and arx, which is now reconstructed as *h₂erk-. However, Schrijver 1991 argues that word-initial *HRC- normally has a reflex of aRC in Latin (as in argentum from *h₂r̥ǵn̥to-),^[4] which would exclude Bennett's favored etymology.

By an alternative derivation, from ūrō (“burn, singe”) in reference to the firing of the clay in their creation.

Cognate with Faliscan 𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌌 (urnam, accusative singular).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊr.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈur.na]

urna f (genitive urnae); first declension

1. urn, a moderately sized vessel for drawing water
   • c. 620–600 BCE, Tita Vendia vase (transliteration: Camps Felip, Júlia, Desinències nominals llatines arcaiques: anàlisi diacrònica des del protoindoeuropeu i fonts (bachelor thesis), page 14):

     𐌄𐌂𐌏𐌖𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌉𐌀𐌔𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓[𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌]𐌄𐌃𐌖𐌇𐌄[𐌂𐌄𐌃]

     [Ecō urna Titā Vendiās. Māmar[cos m]ēd vhē[ced].]

     ECOVRNATITAVENDIASMAMAR[COSM]EDVHE[CED]

     I am the urn of Tita Vendia. Mamar[cus had m]e ma[de].

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

First-declension noun.

• (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)

• “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

• urnen

urna f sg

1. definite feminine singular of urne

urna f sg

1. definite singular of urne

• ürna

• IPA^(key): /ˈyrna/

urna f (plural urne)

1. urn

Learned borrowing from Latin urna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.na/

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• Rhymes: -urna
• Syllabification: ur‧na
• Homophone: Urna

urna f (related adjective urnowy)

2. urn (vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person)

   Synonyms: cinerarium, popielnica

   Hypernym: pojemnik

4. ballot box (sealed box with a slit, into which a voter puts a completed voting slip)

   Hypernym: pojemnik

• “urna”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[9] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “urna”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[10] (in Polish)
• urna in PWN's encyclopedia

• runa

From Latin urna.

• Hyphenation: ur‧na

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

• “urna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “urna” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “urna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

urna f (Cyrillic spelling урна)

1. urn

From Latin urna.

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

urna f (plural urnas)

1. urn
2. poll; ballot box

   Synonym: casilla

• “urna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

urna c

1. urn

• “urna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “urna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “urna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• runa, uran

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈurnɑː/, [ˈurnɑ]
• Rhymes: -urnɑː
• Hyphenation: ur‧na

urna

1. (intransitive) to grumble (like the stomach)

Conjugation of urna (type III-3/anta, no gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	urnõn	en urnõ	1st singular	õõn urnõnnu	en õõ urnõnnu
2nd singular	urnõd	ed urnõ	2nd singular	õõd urnõnnu	ed õõ urnõnnu
3rd singular	urnõb	eb urnõ	3rd singular	on urnõnnu	eb õõ urnõnnu
1st plural	urnõmmõ	emme urnõ	1st plural	õõmmõ urnõnnu	emme õõ urnõnnu
2nd plural	urnõttõ	ette urnõ	2nd plural	õõttõ urnõnnu	ette õõ urnõnnu
3rd plural	urnõta	eväd urnõ	3rd plural	õlla urnõttu	eväd õõ urnõttu
impersonal	urnõta	eväd urnõ	impersonal	õlla urnõttu	eväd õõ urnõttu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	urnin	en urnõnnu	1st singular	õlin urnõnnu	—
2nd singular	urnid	ed urnõnnu	2nd singular	õlid urnõnnu	—
3rd singular	urni	eb urnõnnu	3rd singular	õli urnõnnu	—
1st plural	urnimmõ	emme urnõnnu	1st plural	õlimmõ urnõnnu	—
2nd plural	urnittõ	ette urnõnnu	2nd plural	õlittõ urnõnnu	—
3rd plural	urnõtti	eväd urnõttu	3rd plural	õlti urnõttu	—
impersonal	urnõtti	eväd urnõttu	impersonal	õlti urnõttu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	urnaizin	en urnaizʹ	1st singular	õll(õ)izin urnõnnu	en õll(õ)izʹ urnõnnu
2nd singular	urnaizid	ed urnaizʹ	2nd singular	õll(õ)izid urnõnnu	ed õll(õ)izʹ urnõnnu
3rd singular	urnaizʹ	eb urnaizʹ	3rd singular	õll(õ)izʹ urnõnnu	eb õll(õ)izʹ urnõnnu
1st plural	urnaizimmõ	emme urnaizʹ	1st plural	õll(õ)izimmõ urnõnnu	emme õll(õ)izʹ urnõnnu
2nd plural	urnaizittõ	ette urnaizʹ	2nd plural	õll(õ)izittõ urnõnnu	ette õll(õ)izʹ urnõnnu
3rd plural	urnõttaizʹ	eväd urnõttaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ urnõttu	eväd õltaizʹ urnõttu
impersonal	urnõttaizʹ	eväd urnõttaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ urnõttu	eväd õltaizʹ urnõttu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	urnõ	elä urnõ
3rd singular	urnõgo1)	elko urnõgo1)
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	urnõga	elka urnõga
3rd plural	urnõgod1)	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		urna	present	urnõjõ2)	—
2nd	illative	urnõma	past	urnõnnu	urnõttu
	inessive	urnõmõz	1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun
	elative	urnõmõss
	abessive	urnõmattõ

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “urnaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[11], 2nd edition, Tallinn