मेहँदी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मेंहदी (mẽhdī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मेन्धिका (mendhikā). Doublet of मेंधिका (mendhikā) and मेंधी (mendhī). Cognate with Marathi मेंदी (mendī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /meː.ɦə̃.d̪iː/, [meː.ɦɐ̃.d̪iː]

Noun

मेहँदी • (mehãdī) f (Urdu spelling مِہَن٘دی)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis and its dye)

   Synonym: हिना (hinā)

Declension

Declension of मेहँदी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेहँदी mehãdī	मेहँदियाँ mehãdiyā̃
oblique	मेहँदी mehãdī	मेहँदियों mehãdiyõ
vocative	मेहँदी mehãdī	मेहँदियो mehãdiyo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहँदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press