Mehndi (noun)
men-dee
The art or practice of painting elaborate patterns on the skin with henna.
Mehndi, “the art of painting patterns with henna,” is a borrowing from Hindi. Hindi and numerous other languages of the Indian subcontinent (including Bengali, Marathi, and Punjabi) come from Sanskrit.
Example sentences
“Her sister practiced the beautiful, intricate patterns of mehndi on us.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
