henna

See also Henna

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Arabic حِنّاء (ḥinnāʾ), the name of the tree used to make the dye, probably from Persian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɛnə/
• Rhymes: -ɛnə

Noun

henna (plural hennas)

1. A shrub, Lawsonia inernis, having fragrant reddish flowers
2. A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.
3. A rich reddish-brown colour.

   henna colour:

Translations

shrub

• Bengali: মেহেদী (bn) (mehedi)
• Italian: alcanna (it) f, henné (it) m

• Russian: хна (ru) (xna) f

dye

• Arabic: حِنّاء (ar) (ħinnā’)
• Bengali: মেহেদী (bn) (mehedi)
• Dutch: henna (nl)
• Hindi: मेंहदी (hi) (me.nhdī) f, हिन्ना (hi) (hinnā) f
• Interlingua: henna (ia)
• Italian: henné (it) m
• Japanese: ヘンナ染料 (へんなせんりょう, hennasenryō)
• Macedonian: к’на (mk) (k'na) f
• Malay: inai (ms)

• Persian: حنا (fa) (hennā)
• Portuguese: hena (pt)
• Russian: хна (ru) (xna) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кана (sh) f

  Roman: kana (sh) f

• Spanish: alheña (es) f, henna (es) f, hena (es)
• Turkish: kına (tr)
• Urdu: مینہدی (ur) (me.nhdī) f, حنا (ur) (hinnā) f

colour

• Russian: хна (ru) (xna) f

Adjective

henna (not comparable)

1. Of a rich reddish-brown colour.

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Henan

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Finnish

Noun

henna

1. henna (substance)

Declension

Declension of henna (type kala) singular plural nominative henna hennat genitive hennan hennojen hennain1 partitive hennaa hennoja accusative henna hennan hennat inessive hennassa hennoissa elative hennasta hennoista illative hennaan hennoihin adessive hennalla hennoilla ablative hennalta hennoilta allative hennalle hennoille essive hennana hennoina translative hennaksi hennoiksi instructive – hennoin abessive hennatta hennoitta comitative – hennoineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• Hanne

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Old High German

Etymology

West Germanic *hannja, whence also Old English henn

Noun

henna f

1. hen