khenna

English

Noun

khenna (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of henna.
   • 1832, James Justinian Morier, Zohrab: The Hostage, volume 3, page 67:

     […] she was fair, at least she might be so called where all are decidedly dark; her hair, flowing down her back and over her temples in the greatest profusion, was brown, but rendered auburn by a slight tinge of khenna […]