different between henna vs camphire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (?inn??), the name of the tree used to make the dye, probably from Middle Persian [script needed] (*hann?y-, “to smear, anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?

Noun

henna (countable and uncountable, plural hennas)

1. (countable) A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
2. (countable) 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.

Descendants

• ? Greek: ???? (chéna)

Translations

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

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• henna at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Henan

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hen??/, [?he?n??]
• Rhymes: -en??
• Syllabification: hen?na

Noun

henna

1. henna (dye and color)

Declension

Derived terms

• hennapensas
• hennata

Anagrams

• Hanne

Italian

Alternative forms

• enna

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (?inn??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.na/
• Rhymes: -?nna
• 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)

References

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

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (hanna?a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???n.na/, /???n.na/
• Homophones: g?enna (form 1), ?enna (form 2)

Verb

henna (imperfect jhenni)

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• hena
• hieni
• thenna

See also

• ?enn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?inn??).

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 ???????? (?inn??).

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-Germanic *hanj? (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?n- (“to sing”). Compare Old English henn, hænn, also Old Norse hœna. See also huon.

Noun

henna f

1. hen

Related terms

• hano
• huon

Descendants

• German: Henne

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xena/, [?xe.na]

Noun

henna m (plural hennas)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis)

   Synonym: alheña

English

Etymology

Malapropism in the English Bible of the Hebrew ?????? / ???????? (k?p?er, “henna”) by confusion with camphor. The Hebrew is from Akkadian ???????????? (kupru, “bitumen, pitch”) from Akkadian ???????????? (kap?ru, “to smear, to daub on”).

Noun

camphire (plural camphires)

1. Camphor.
2. The fragrant henna flower (or plant) (Lawsonia inermis, syn. Lawsonia alba)

References

• camphire at OneLook Dictionary Search
• camphire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

• Smith, William (1868) A Dictionary of the Bible, 2nd edition, page 350

Anagrams

• hemicarp