hena

See also: heña

Chipewyan

Adjective

hena

1. alive

Czech

Alternative forms

• henna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛna]
• Hyphenation: he‧na

Noun

hena f

1. henna

Declension

Declension of hena (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	hena	heny
genitive	heny	hen
dative	heně	henám
accusative	henu	heny
vocative	heno	heny
locative	heně	henách
instrumental	henou	henami

Further reading

• “hena”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “hena”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

hena

1. mother

Malagasy

Pronunciation

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Noun

hena

1. meat

Maltese

Root
h-n-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic هَناء (hanāʔ, “happiness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.na/
• Homophone: għenha (except archaically)
• Rhymes: -ɛːna

Noun

hena f

1. happiness, joy, peace of mind

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ). Doublet of henê.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈhẽ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈhẽ.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈχẽ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.na/ [ˈhe.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽnɐ, (Portugal) -ɛnɐ
• Homophone: (Brazil) rena
• Hyphenation: he‧na

Noun

hena f (plural henas)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis, a shrub)
2. henna (dye made from the leaves of the henna shrub)

Further reading

• “hena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “hena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “hena”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “hena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Teop

Noun

hena

1. name

References

• Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar

Tetum

Noun

hena

1. cloth; fabric

Walloon

Noun

hena

1. drinking glass.