मेहँदी
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- मेंहदी (mẽhdī)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit मेन्धिका (mendhikā). Doublet of मेंधिका (mendhikā) and मेंधी (mendhī). Cognate with Marathi मेंदी (mendī).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
मेहँदी • (mehãdī) f (Urdu spelling مِہَن٘دی)
- henna (Lawsonia inermis and its dye)
- Synonym: हिना (hinā)
Declension[edit]
Declension of मेहँदी (fem ī-stem)
Further reading[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहँदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press