mehendi
/məˈhendi/noun
उच्चारण महेन्डी
मेहंदी
Core word
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[U]
a paste made from the leaves of the henna plant, used to draw designs on the hands and feet, especially at weddings and festivals
मेहंदी
- Radhika put mehendi on her hands for her cousin's wedding.
- The mehendi ceremony is held a day before the wedding.
- Her hands were covered with beautiful mehendi designs.
+ 3 more examples
- The artist applied mehendi to her hands in an hour.
- Mehendi is applied on festivals like Teej and Eid.
- The dark colour of the mehendi means it was left on overnight.
Synonyms henna
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[C, U]
a design drawn on the skin with this paste
मेहंदी का डिज़ाइन
- She got an Arabic-style mehendi on her palm for Karwa Chauth.
- The bride had an intricate mehendi on both her hands.
- He admired the peacock mehendi on her palm.
+ 1 more example
- The little girl asked for a simple flower mehendi.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
apply mehendi on / to + part
Mehendi is uncountable as a paste or the art. Use 'apply' with 'on' or 'to' the hands or feet.
Paste या कला के रूप में mehendi uncountable है। हाथों या पैरों पर लगाने के लिए 'apply' के साथ 'on' या 'to' आता है।
- She applied mehendi on her hands before Teej.
- The artist applied mehendi to the bride's feet.
mehendi on + hands / feet
Use 'on' for the place where the design is drawn.
जहाँ डिज़ाइन बनाया गया हो, उसके लिए 'on' आता है।
- Radhika had mehendi on both her hands.
a mehendi design / mehendi ceremony
Before another noun, it names the design or the pre-wedding event. 'A mehendi' is countable only in the sense of one design.
दूसरे noun से पहले यह डिज़ाइन या विवाह-पूर्व रस्म का नाम बताता है। 'A mehendi' एक डिज़ाइन के अर्थ में ही countable है।
- The mehendi ceremony will be held on Thursday evening.
- She chose a floral mehendi design.
get / have mehendi done
Use the causative 'have/get something done' when someone else does it for you.
जब कोई दूसरा व्यक्ति काम करे, तब 'have/get something done' संरचना आती है।
- She got her mehendi done by a local artist.
+Collocations 5
verb + mehendi
applydrawput onwash offget done
- Do not wash off the mehendi for a few hours.
adjective + mehendi
freshdarkintricatebridalArabic
- The bride wore intricate bridal mehendi.
mehendi + noun
designconeartistceremonyfunction
- The mehendi artist drew peacocks on her palms.
occasions
Karwa ChauthTeejEida weddingDiwali
- Women apply mehendi on Karwa Chauth.
mehendi + colour
turn darkfadestainsetcome out well
- Her mehendi came out well and stayed for ten days.
“More examples 6
- The smell of fresh mehendi filled the house before the wedding.
विवाह से पहले घर में ताज़ा मेहंदी की गंध फैली हुई थी।
- The darker the mehendi, the luckier the bride is said to be.
कहा जाता है कि मेहंदी जितनी गहरी रचती है, दुल्हन उतनी ही भाग्यशाली होती है।
- The girls sat in a circle and drew mehendi on one another's hands.
लड़कियाँ गोल घेरे में बैठकर एक-दूसरे के हाथों पर मेहंदी लगा रही थीं।
- Henna leaves are ground to a paste to make mehendi.
मेहंदी बनाने के लिए मेहंदी की पत्तियों को पीसकर लेप बनाया जाता है।
- Her mehendi design had the groom's name hidden in it.
उसके मेहंदी के डिज़ाइन में दूल्हे का नाम छिपा हुआ था।
- The night before Eid, the girls of the street gathered for mehendi.
ईद की रात से पहले गली की लड़कियाँ मेहंदी लगाने के लिए इकट्ठा हुईं।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ She put mehendi in her hands.
✓ She put mehendi on her hands.
A design on the skin surface takes 'on', not 'in'.
त्वचा की सतह पर बने डिज़ाइन के लिए 'on' आता है, 'in' नहीं।