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Henna (حنّا) is an Arabic name for John.It is a common given name as well as a surname, particularly among Arab Christians. The Arabic / Hebrew female name Hannah (حَنَّة meaning "blessed") is rarely also anglicized as Henna.
An elderly Bengali man in Dhaka with a beard dyed in henna. Henna is a reddish dye prepared from the dried and powdered leaves of the henna tree. [1] It has been used since at least the ancient Egyptian period as a hair and body dye, notably in the temporary body art of mehndi (or "henna tattoo") resulting from the staining of the skin using dyes from the henna plant.
Hanna, Henna, or Hana is an Arabic name (حنّا), common particularly among Arab Christians in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, deriving from the Syriac/Aramaic name for the Apostle John. In turn, the Syriac name is borrowed from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yoḥānān) meaning God is gracious .
Hina is a female name. In South Asia (Urdu: حنا), it is derived from Henna.In Japan, it is derived from light or sun.In the Pacific Islands, it is derived from a goddess of various Polynesian cultures.
Henna flowers have four sepals and a 2 mm (0.079 in) calyx tube, with 3 mm (0.12 in) spread lobes. Its petals are ovate, with white or red stamens found in pairs on the rim of the calyx tube. The ovary is four-celled, 5 mm (0.20 in) long, and erect. Henna fruits are small, brownish capsules, 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) in diameter, with 32–49 ...
Hannah, also spelled Hanna, Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the root ḥ-n-n, meaning "favour" or "grace". A Dictionary of First Names attributes the name to a word meaning 'He (God) has favoured me with a child'.
Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis. ... Hennah, a surname; Hina (disambiguation) Hinna, a borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway
Possible etymologies include the Greek kypárissos (κυπάρισσος, "cypress") [180] or kýpros (κύπρος, "henna"). [citation needed] The most common folk etymology derives its name from "copper", since the island's extensive supply gave Greek and Latin words for the metal. [181]