حنا

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See also: حنأ and خنا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ن و (ḥ-n-w); compare ح ن ي (ḥ-n-y) and حَنَى (ḥanā, to bend). Cognate to Hebrew חָנָה (to decline, bend down).

Verb

حَنَا (ḥanā) I, non-past يَحْنُو‎ (yaḥnū)

  1. to bend, crook
  2. to contort
  3. to bend the head

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Verb

حَنَا (ḥanā) I, non-past يَحْنُو‎ (yaḥnū)

  1. to make a bow

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Verb

حَنَا (ḥanā) I, non-past يَحْنُو‎ (yaḥnū)

  1. to lean towards, incline
  2. (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to have an inclination for

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Laki

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ), from verb حَنَّأَ (ḥannaʔa).

Noun

حنا (ḧna)

  1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠*hannāyēd⁠/, to smear, anoint) (compare Middle Persian 𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫅𐫃 (ʾnwdg /⁠annōdag⁠/, the anointed one, Messiah), whence Persian اندودن (andudan)).

Noun

حنا (hanâ)

  1. henna
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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ), from verb حَنَّأَ (ḥannaʔa).

Noun

حنا (ḥinnāf

  1. henna (Lawsonia inermis)
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