different between henna vs penna

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

From Latin penna (“feather”). Doublet of panne.

Noun

penna (plural pennae)

1. a contour feather

Anagrams

• panne

Breton

Adjective

penna

1. main, principal

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Latin penna (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?n??]
• Hyphenation: pen?na
• Rhymes: -n?

Noun

penna (plural pennák)

1. (archaic) quill pen, pen, quill (a feather used for writing)

   Synonyms: toll, írótoll

Declension

Further reading

• penna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin penna and pinna, from Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r? ~ pth?én- (“feather, wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pen.na/
• Rhymes: -enna

Noun

penna f (plural penne)

1. feather
2. pen

3. (cooking, in the plural) penne (type of pasta)

Related terms

• pennacchiera
• pennacchio
• pennaiolo
• pennata
• pennello
• penniforme
• pennino
• penne rigate
• penne lisce

Anagrams

• panne

Latin

Alternative forms

• pinna

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r? ~ pth?én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth?- (“to fly”), with pinna apparently representing a dialectal variant with pre-nasal raising.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pen.na/, [?p?n?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pen.na/, [?p?n??]

Noun

penna f (genitive pennae); first declension

1. wing (of natural or supernatural creatures)
   1. (figuratively) wing as a symbol of speed
2. feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion
3. quill pen

Usage notes

• Unlike its variant pinna, is not found in the meanings "fin" or "raised part of a parapet".

Declension

First-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• (wing) ?la
• (feather) pl?ma, pl?mula
• (pen) calamus

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• pterus

References

• “penna” on page 1459 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “pinna” on page 1520 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “penna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 458

Further reading

• penna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• penna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• penna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• penna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• penna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old Spanish

Noun

penna f (plural pennas)

1. rock

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin penna

Pronunciation

Noun

penna c

1. a contour feather, a penna
2. a quill, a feather used for writing
3. a pen
4. a pencil

Declension

Related terms

• blyertspenna
• bläckpenna
• gåspenna
• kulspetspenna
• pennal
• pennfodral
• pennkniv
• pennskaft
• pennskrin
• penntroll
• pennvässare
• reservoarpenna
• stiftpenna
• stålpenna
• vingpenna