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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ ) , the name of the tree used to make the dye, probably from Middle Persian ( *hannāy- , “ to smear, anoint ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
henna (countable and uncountable , plural hennas )
( countable ) A shrub , Lawsonia inermis , having fragrant reddish flowers
( countable , uncountable ) 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.
( countable and uncountable ) A rich reddish -brown colour.
henna:
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
dye
Arabic: حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ )
Armenian: հինա (hy) ( hina )
Assamese: জেতুকা ( zetuka )
Azerbaijani: xına (az) , həna
Bengali: মেহেদী ( mehedi )
Bulgarian: къна f ( kǎna )
Catalan: alquena (ca) f , henna (ca) f
Dargwa: хина ( χina )
Dutch: henna (nl)
Finnish: henna (fi)
French: henné (fr) m
German: Henna (de) f or n
Greek: χένα (el) f ( chéna )
Ancient: κύπρος f ( kúpros )
Hawaiian: menekikā
Hebrew: חִינָה (he) f ( ḥína )
Hindi: मेंहदी f ( mẽhdī ) , मेहंदी f ( mehandī ) , हिना (hi) f ( hinā ) , हीना (hi) f ( hīnā )
Interlingua: henna
Italian: henné m
Japanese: ヘンナ 染料 (へんなせんりょう, hennasenryō)
Kannada: ಗೋರಂಟಿ (kn) ( gōraṇṭi )
Kazakh: қына ( qyna )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خەنە ( xene )
Macedonian: кана f ( kana )
Malay: inai (ms)
Maori: hena
Ngazidja Comorian: yina class 9
Persian: حنا (fa) ( hanâ )
Polish: henna (pl) f
Portuguese: hena (pt)
Punjabi: ਮਹਿੰਦੀ f ( mahindī ) , ਹਿਨਾ f ( hinā )
Romanian: henna (ro) f , cana (ro) f
Russian: хна (ru) f ( xna )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кана f
Roman: kana (sh) f
Spanish: alheña (es) f , henna (es) f , hena
Sylheti: ꠝꠘ꠆ꠖꠤ ( mondi )
Turkish: kına (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎔𐎗 ( kpr )
Ukrainian: хна f ( xna )
Urdu: مینہدی f ( meṅhdī ) , حنا (ur) f ( hinā )
Yoruba: làálì
Adjective
henna (not comparable )
Of a rich reddish -brown colour.
Verb
henna (third-person singular simple present hennas , present participle hennaing , simple past and past participle hennaed )
( transitive ) To dye or tattoo with henna.
Translations
to dye or tattoo with henna
See also
References
“henna ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From English henna , from Arabic حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
henna
henna ( dye and color )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
henna f (plural henne )
henna (Lawsonia inermis ) ( plant )
Synonyms: alcanna , henné
henna ( dye )
Synonyms: henné , lawsone
( uncountable ) henna ( color )
Further reading
henna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic هَنَّأَ ( hannaʔa ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
henna (imperfect jhenni , past participle mhenni )
( often religion , of God or godly life ) to make happy ; to enbliss
Conjugation
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Arabic حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ ) .
Noun
henna m (definite singular hennaen , indefinite plural hennaer , definite plural hennaene )
henna
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Arabic حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ ) .
Noun
henna m (definite singular hennaen , indefinite plural hennaer or hennaar , definite plural hennaene or hennaane )
henna
References
Anagrams
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hannju ( “ hen ” ) . Compare Old English henn , hænn , also Old Norse hœna . See also huon .
Noun
henna f
hen
Related terms
Descendants
Middle High German: henne
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism ; compare English henna , French henné , German Henna , ultimately from Arabic حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ ) , probably from Middle Persian hndʾd ( *hannāy- ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈxɛn.na/
Rhymes: -ɛnna
Syllabification: hen‧na
Noun
henna f
henna ( shrub Lawsonia inermis )
Synonym: lawsonia
henna ( dye )
henna ( colour )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
henna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
henna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic حِنَّاء ( ḥinnāʔ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
henna f (plural hennas )
henna (Lawsonia inermis )
Synonym: alheña
Further reading