Henna

//hɛnə//

Synonyms for "henna" (50 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

adust auburn bay bay-colored bayard brassy brazen bronze bronze-colored bronzed

Strong matches (15)

brownish-red castaneous chestnut chestnut-brown color copper copper-colored coppery crimson cupreous ebony ferruginous foxy inflame lipstick

Related words (25)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

hair coloring hair dye tinct tinge tint touch

derived

4 entries

black henna hendigo henna tattoo henna tree

is a

3 entries

cosmetic hair dye plant

manner of

1 entries

imbue

related to

8 entries

brow brown hair lawsonia inermis plant red shrub tattoo

Translations

94 translations across 48 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

κύπρος noun (shrub)
κύπρος noun (dye)

Arabic

2 entries

حِنَّاء noun (shrub)
حِنَّاء noun (dye)

Armenian

2 entries

հինա noun (shrub)
հինա noun (dye)

Assamese

3 entries

জেতুকা noun (shrub)
জেতুকা noun (dye)
জেতুকা গছ noun (shrub)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

həna noun (dye)
xına noun (shrub)
xına noun (dye)

Bengali

2 entries

মেহেদী noun (shrub)
মেহেদী noun (dye)

Bulgarian

2 entries

къна noun (shrub)
къна noun (dye)

Catalan

3 entries

alquena noun (shrub)
alquena noun (dye)
henna noun (dye)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

خەنە noun (dye)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

指甲花 noun (shrub)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

指甲花 noun (shrub)
散沫花 noun (shrub)

Dargwa

2 entries

хина noun (shrub)
хина noun (dye)

Dutch

1 entries

henna noun (dye)

Finnish

4 entries

henna noun (dye)
henna noun (colour)
hennapensas noun (shrub)
hennata verb (to dye or tattoo with henna)

French

2 entries

henné noun (shrub)
henné noun (dye)

German

3 entries

Henna noun (shrub)
Henna noun (dye)
Henna noun (colour)

Greek

2 entries

χένα noun (shrub)
χένα noun (dye)

Hausa

1 entries

gwarzo noun (shrub)

Hawaiian

1 entries

menekikā noun (dye)

Hebrew

2 entries

חִינָה noun (dye)
כופר noun (shrub)

Hindi

4 entries

मेंहदी noun (dye)
मेहंदी noun (dye)
हिना noun (dye)
हीना noun (dye)

Indonesian

1 entries

gelam noun (colour)

Interlingua

1 entries

henna noun (dye)

Italian

3 entries

alcanna noun (shrub)
henné noun (shrub)
henné noun (dye)

Japanese

1 entries

ヘンナ染料 noun (dye)

Kannada

2 entries

ಗೋರಂಟಿ noun (shrub)
ಗೋರಂಟಿ noun (dye)

Kazakh

1 entries

қына noun (dye)

Macedonian

1 entries

кана noun (dye)

Malay

1 entries

inai noun (dye)

Middle English

1 entries

cipre noun (shrub)

Muyang

1 entries

nele noun (shrub)

Māori

1 entries

hena noun (dye)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

yina noun (dye)

Persian

2 entries

حنا noun (shrub)
حنا noun (dye)

Polish

4 entries

henna noun (shrub)
henna noun (dye)
henna noun (colour)
lawsonia noun (shrub)

Portuguese

2 entries

hena noun (shrub)
hena noun (dye)

Punjabi

3 entries

ਮਹਿੰਦੀ noun (shrub)
ਮਹਿੰਦੀ noun (dye)
ਹਿਨਾ noun (dye)

Romanian

2 entries

cana noun (dye)
henna noun (dye)

Russian

3 entries

хна noun (shrub)
хна noun (dye)
хна noun (colour)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kana noun (dye)
кана noun (dye)

Spanish

4 entries

alheña noun (shrub)
alheña noun (dye)
hena noun (dye)
henna noun (dye)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠝꠘ꠆ꠖꠤ noun (dye)

Tamil

2 entries

மருதாணி noun (shrub)
மருதாணி noun (dye)

Turkish

2 entries

kına noun (dye)
kına ağacı noun (shrub)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎋𐎔𐎗 noun (dye)

Ukrainian

2 entries

хна noun (shrub)
хна noun (dye)

Urdu

3 entries

حنا noun (dye)
مَہَنْدی noun (shrub)
مینہدی noun (dye)

Yoruba

1 entries

làálì noun (dye)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

All the natural dye materials came from the surrounding fields; leaves from olive trees produce a light yellow, madder root dyes wool orange-red, henna produces brown or dark green, and, my favorite, carrot greens make a brilliant, sunshine yellow.

Source: tatoeba (12043461)

Today he will apply henna. Grandmother and Grandfather are happy.

Source: tatoeba (12587590)

Would you have put henna on?

Source: tatoeba (13377640)

The aroma given off by flowers has an aphrodisiac effect, especially on women. This is so particularly in the case of lilies of the valley, gardenia, frangipani, and henna.

Source: wiktionary

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