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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ), preserving the Arabic article اَل (al-).
Noun
alhenna (uncountable)
- (archaic) henna (Lawsonia inermis)
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Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
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