alhenna
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ), preserving the Arabic article اَل (al-).
Noun[edit]
alhenna (uncountable)
References[edit]
- “alhenna”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
alhenna f (plural alhennas)
- henna (shrub (Lawsonia inermis))
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 32v:
- Et ſi deſpues mezclaren aquel uino con alhenna. ⁊ lauaren los cabellos con ello tinnenſe prietos de tintura que nunqua ſe tuelle […]
- And if after they should mix that wine with henna and wash their hair with it, it would be dyed a dark color with an unfading dye […]
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: alheña
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