henna

henna

See also: Henna, hénna, and henną

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʔ), the name of the tree used to make the dye, probably from Middle Persian [script needed] (*hannāy-, “to smear, anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛnə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛnə

Noun

henna (countable and uncountable, plural hennas)

1. (countable) A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
2. (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.
3. (countable and uncountable) A rich reddish-brown colour.

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Descendants

• → Greek: χένα (chéna)

Translations

shrub

Arabic: حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʔ) Armenian: հինա (hy) (hina) Assamese: জেতুকা (zetuka), জেতুকা গছ (zetuka gos) Azerbaijani: xına (az) Bengali: মেহেদী (mehedī) Bulgarian: къна f (kǎna) Catalan: alquena (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 指甲花 (zi2 gaap3 faa1) Mandarin: 散沫花 (sǎnmòhuā), 指甲花 (zh) (zhǐjiahuā) Dargwa: хина (χina) Finnish: hennapensas (fi) French: henné (fr) m German: Henna (de) f or n Greek: χένα (el) f (chéna) Ancient: κύπρος f (kúpros) Hebrew: כופר‎ (he) m (kófer) Italian: alcanna f, henné m Kannada: ಗೋರಂಟಿ (kn) (gōraṇṭi) Malay: please add this translation if you can Middle English: cipre Persian: حنا‎ (fa) (hanâ) Polish: henna (pl) f, lawsonia f Portuguese: hena (pt) f Russian: хна (ru) f (xna) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kına (tr) Ukrainian: хна f (xna) Urdu: please add this translation if you can

dye

Arabic: حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʔ) Armenian: հինա (hy) (hina) Assamese: জেতুকা (zetuka) Azerbaijani: xına (az), həna Bengali: মেহেদী (mehedī) 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 (ku) (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) 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

colour

Finnish: henna (fi) German: Henna (de) f or n Polish: henna (pl) f Russian: хна (ru) f (xna)

Adjective

henna (not comparable)

1. Of a rich reddish-brown colour.

Verb

henna (third-person singular simple present hennas, present participle hennaing, simple past and past participle hennaed)

1. (transitive) To dye or tattoo with henna.

Translations

to dye or tattoo with henna

Finnish: hennata

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• henna at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Henan

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Finnish

Etymology

From English henna, from Arabic حِنَّاء‎‎ (ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhenːɑ/, [ˈhe̞nːɑ]
• Rhymes: -enːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hen‧na

Noun

henna

1. henna (dye and color)

Declension

Inflection of henna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		henna	hennat
genitive		hennan	hennojen
partitive		hennaa	hennoja
illative		hennaan	hennoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		henna	hennat
accusative	nom.	henna	hennat
	gen.	hennan
genitive		hennan	hennojen hennainrare
partitive		hennaa	hennoja
inessive		hennassa	hennoissa
elative		hennasta	hennoista
illative		hennaan	hennoihin
adessive		hennalla	hennoilla
ablative		hennalta	hennoilta
allative		hennalle	hennoille
essive		hennana	hennoina
translative		hennaksi	hennoiksi
instructive		—	hennoin
abessive		hennatta	hennoitta
comitative		—	hennoineen

Possessive forms of henna (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hennani	hennamme
2nd person	hennasi	hennanne
3rd person	hennansa

Derived terms

• hennapensas
• hennata

Anagrams

• Hanne

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Italian

Alternative forms

• enna

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Hyphenation: hèn‧na

Noun

henna f (plural henne)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (plant)

   Synonyms: alcanna, henné

2. henna (dye)

   Synonyms: henné, lawsone

3. (uncountable) henna (color)

Further reading

• henna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Maltese

Root
h-n-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic هَنَّأَ‎ (hannaʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːn.na/, /ˈħɛn.na/
• Homophones: għenna (form 1), ħenna (form 2)

Verb

henna (imperfect jhenni, past participle mhenni)

1. (often religion, of God or godly life) to make happy; to enbliss

Conjugation

Conjugation of henna
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	hennejt	hennejt	henna		hennejna	hennejtu	hennew
	f			henniet
imperfect	m	nhenni	thenni	jhenni		nhennu	thennu	jhennu
	f			thenni
imperative			henni				hennu

See also

• ħenn

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʔ).

Noun

henna m (definite singular hennaen, indefinite plural hennaer, definite plural hennaene)

1. henna

References

• “henna” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʔ).

Noun

henna m (definite singular hennaen, indefinite plural hennaer or hennaar, definite plural hennaene or hennaane)

1. henna

References

• “henna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Hanne, hanen, hanne

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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

1. hen

Related terms

• hano
• huon

Descendants

• Middle High German: henne
  • Cimbrian: hénna, henn
  • German: Henne

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Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English henna, French henné, German Henna, ultimately from Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʾ), probably from Middle Persian hndʾd (*hannāy-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛn.na/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Syllabification: hen‧na

Noun

henna f

1. henna (shrub Lawsonia inermis)

   Synonym: lawsonia

2. henna (dye)
3. henna (colour)

Declension

Declension of henna

	singular
nominative	henna
genitive	henny
dative	hennie
accusative	hennę
instrumental	henną
locative	hennie
vocative	henno

Derived terms

adjective

• hennowy

 

Further reading

• henna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• henna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• jena, gena

Etymology

From Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxenna/ [ˈxẽn.na], /ˈxena/ [ˈxe.na]
• Rhymes: -enna, -ena

Noun

henna m (plural hennas)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis)

   Synonym: alheña

Further reading

• “henna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014