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Alhenna
Webster 1828 Edition
Alhenna
ALHEN'NA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
alhenna
alhenna
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʾ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aˈle.ɲa]
Noun
alhenna f (plural alhennas)
- henna (shrub)
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 32v.
- Et ſi deſpues mezclaren aquel uino con alhenna. ¬ lauaren los cabellos con ello tinnenſe prietos de tintura que nunqua ſe tuelle […]
- And if after they should mix that wine with henna and wash their hair with it, it would be dyed a dark color with an unfading dye […]
- Et ſi deſpues mezclaren aquel uino con alhenna. ¬ lauaren los cabellos con ello tinnenſe prietos de tintura que nunqua ſe tuelle […]
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 32v.
Descendants
- Spanish: alheña