alhenya

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • alhenia

Etymology

From Old Spanish alhenna, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

Noun

alhenya f [1]

  1. henna; the plant (Lawsonia inermis)
  2. henna; dye prepared from (Lawsonia inermis)
  • alhenyar
  • anhenyar

References

  1. ^ “alhenya”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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