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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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ḥinnāʔ حِنّاء 
ID 241 • Sw – • BP??? • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ḤNʔ 
n. 
henna (a reddish-orange cosmetic gained from leaves and stalks of the henna plant) – WehrCowan1979. 
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▪ DRS 9 (2010) #ḤNʔ-2 Ar ḥinnāʔ, ḥinnāʔaẗ, Syr ḥenā, Soq ḥénne, Mhr ḥaynēʔ, Jib ḥinɛ́ʔ ‘henné’, Ar ḥannaʔa, Mhr ḥōni, Jib oḥúni, Soq ḥóni ‘teindre au henné’.
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▪ Engl henna, c. 1600, dye or cosmetic from the henna plant, from Ar ḥinnāʔ, name for the small thorny tree (Egyptian Privet), the leaves of which are used to make the reddish dye for the body or hair; said to be of Pers origin, from Ar – EtymOnline. 
► ʔabū ’l- ḥinnāʔ, n., robin (redbreast)
► tamr al-ḥinnāʔ, n., (colloq.) henna plant (Lawsonia inermis; bot.)

► ḥannaʔa, vb. II, to dye red (s.th., with henna) 
ḤNT حنت
 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 5Sep2022
√ḤNT 
“root” 
▪ ḤNT_1 ‘store, shop; tavern’ ↗ḥānūt (s.r. √ḤNW/Y)
▪ ḤNT_2 ‘corpse washer; undertaker, gravedigger’ ↗ḥānūtī (s.r. √ḤNW/Y)
▪ ḤNT_3 (EgAr) ‘opportunist, sharp operator’: ĭbn ḥint ↗ḥanaṯa
▪ ḤNT_ ‘…’ ↗ ḥnt
 
▪ No root *√ḤNT exists as such: ḤNT_1-2 are from ↗√ḤNW/Y, while ḤNT_3 is EgAr for ↗ḤNṮ.
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ḤNṮ حنث 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 5Sep2022
√ḤNṮ 
“root” 
▪ ḤNṮ_1 ‘to break one’s oath; perjury, sin’ ↗ḥaniṯa
▪ ḤNṮ_2 (EgAr) ‘opportunist, sharp operator’: ĭbn ḥint ↗ḥaniṯa
▪ ḤNṮ_ ‘…’ ↗ ḥnṯ

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘manhood, maturity; sin, blasphemy, denial of God, wickedness; breaking an oath, perjury; to purify oneself, to worship, responsibility’
 
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