मेहँदी
(Redirected from मेहंदी)
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- मेंहदी (mẽhdī)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit मेन्धिका (mendhikā). Doublet of मेंधिका (mendhikā) and मेंधी (mendhī). Cognate with Marathi मेंदी (mendī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेहँदी • (mehãdī) f (Urdu spelling مِہَن٘دی)
- henna (Lawsonia inermis and its dye)
- Synonym: हिना (hinā)
Declension edit
Declension of मेहँदी (fem ī-stem)
Further reading edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहँदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press