henna

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”).

• IPA^(key): /hɛnə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛnə

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.

   henna:  

• → Greek: χένα (chéna)

henna (not comparable)

1. Of a rich reddish-brown colour.

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

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

• Appendix:Colors

• “henna”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Henan

From English henna, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

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

henna

1. henna (dye and color)

• “henna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Hanne

• enna

Borrowed from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

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

henna f (plural henne)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (plant)

   Synonyms: alcanna, henné

2. henna (dye)

   Synonyms: henné, lawsone

3. (uncountable) henna (color)

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

From Arabic هَنَّأَ (hannaʔa).

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

henna (imperfect jhenni, past participle mhenni)

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

• ħenn

From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

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

1. henna

• “henna” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

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

1. henna

• “henna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Hanne, hanen, hanne

From Proto-West Germanic *hannju (“hen”). Compare Old English henn, hænn, also Old Norse hœna. See also huon.

henna f

1. hen

• hano
• huon

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛn.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Syllabification: hen‧na

henna f

1. henna (shrub Lawsonia inermis)

   Synonym: lawsonia

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

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

• jena, gena

From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

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

henna f (plural hennas)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis)

   Synonym: alheña

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