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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Derived terms

• black henna
• henna tattoo
• henna tree

 

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 (mehedi)
• 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)

• Hausa: gwarzo
• 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
• Punjabi: ਮਹਿੰਦੀ f (mahindī)
• Russian: хна (ru) f (xna)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: alheña (es)
• Turkish: kına (tr)
• Ukrainian: хна f (xna)
• Urdu: مَہَنْدی f (mahandī)

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

colour

• Finnish: henna (fi)
• German: Henna (de) f or n
• Indonesian: gelam (id)
• 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Henan

Cornish

Pronoun

henna m

1. that one

Finnish

Etymology

From English henna, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhenːɑ/, [ˈhe̞nːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -enːɑ
• Hyphenation^(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 hennain rare
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
abessive		hennatta	hennoitta
instructive		—	hennoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of henna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hennani hennani accusative nom. hennani hennani gen. hennani genitive hennani hennojeni hennaini rare partitive hennaani hennojani inessive hennassani hennoissani elative hennastani hennoistani illative hennaani hennoihini adessive hennallani hennoillani ablative hennaltani hennoiltani allative hennalleni hennoilleni essive hennanani hennoinani translative hennakseni hennoikseni abessive hennattani hennoittani instructive — — comitative — hennoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hennasi hennasi accusative nom. hennasi hennasi gen. hennasi genitive hennasi hennojesi hennaisi rare partitive hennaasi hennojasi inessive hennassasi hennoissasi elative hennastasi hennoistasi illative hennaasi hennoihisi adessive hennallasi hennoillasi ablative hennaltasi hennoiltasi allative hennallesi hennoillesi essive hennanasi hennoinasi translative hennaksesi hennoiksesi abessive hennattasi hennoittasi instructive — — comitative — hennoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hennamme hennamme accusative nom. hennamme hennamme gen. hennamme genitive hennamme hennojemme hennaimme rare partitive hennaamme hennojamme inessive hennassamme hennoissamme elative hennastamme hennoistamme illative hennaamme hennoihimme adessive hennallamme hennoillamme ablative hennaltamme hennoiltamme allative hennallemme hennoillemme essive hennanamme hennoinamme translative hennaksemme hennoiksemme abessive hennattamme hennoittamme instructive — — comitative — hennoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hennanne hennanne accusative nom. hennanne hennanne gen. hennanne genitive hennanne hennojenne hennainne rare partitive hennaanne hennojanne inessive hennassanne hennoissanne elative hennastanne hennoistanne illative hennaanne hennoihinne adessive hennallanne hennoillanne ablative hennaltanne hennoiltanne allative hennallenne hennoillenne essive hennananne hennoinanne translative hennaksenne hennoiksenne abessive hennattanne hennoittanne instructive — — comitative — hennoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hennansa hennansa accusative nom. hennansa hennansa gen. hennansa genitive hennansa hennojensa hennainsa rare partitive hennaansa hennojaan hennojansa inessive hennassaan hennassansa hennoissaan hennoissansa elative hennastaan hennastansa hennoistaan hennoistansa illative hennaansa hennoihinsa adessive hennallaan hennallansa hennoillaan hennoillansa ablative hennaltaan hennaltansa hennoiltaan hennoiltansa allative hennalleen hennallensa hennoilleen hennoillensa essive hennanaan hennanansa hennoinaan hennoinansa translative hennakseen hennaksensa hennoikseen hennoiksensa abessive hennattaan hennattansa hennoittaan hennoittansa instructive — — comitative — hennoineen hennoinensa

Derived terms

• hennata

 

compounds

• hennapensas

 

Further reading

• “henna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

Anagrams

• Hanne

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

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

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.

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

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 (Luserna)
  • 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/

• 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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• jena, gena

Etymology

From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

henna f (plural hennas)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis)

   Synonym: alheña

Further reading

• “henna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10