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mendy

mendy is the obsolete form of mehndi.

Meaning of mehndi

Noun

mehndi (countable and uncountable, plural mehndis)

  1. (South-Asia, countable) A henna plant (Lawsonia inermis).
  2. (South-Asia, uncountable) The preparation of this plant used for dyeing.
    • The first lot to be put up was a tin of sugar biscuits and a jar of ‘mendy’, a pomade of native origin for dyeing the hair black.1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur
  3. (South-Asia, uncountable) A temporary skin decoration made with henna.
  4. (South-Asia, uncountable) The practice of applying such decoration, typically as part of a bride or groom's preparations for a wedding.
    • Then came the Mehndi ceremony – where henna is painted on the bride's hands and feet, and the bride and groom's family try to outdo each other in singing and dancing.2010 April 20, Homa Khaleeli, “Simon Cowell's four weddings – overdoing it?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25...

Proper noun capitalized: Mendy

Mendy

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Melinda.

Words that rhyme with mendy

Questions about mendy

What does mendy mean?
Mendy means a diminutive of the female given name Melinda.
What is mendy the obsolete form of?
Mendy is the obsolete form of mehndi.
What part of speech is mendy?
Mendy is a proper noun.

Words near mendy in the dictionary

  1. Mendrelgang
  2. Mendrisio
  3. mends
  4. mends fences
  5. mends one's ways
  6. mendy
  7. mene
  8. mene mene tekel upharsin
  9. Meneage
  10. Menear
  11. Menears

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mendy (page history and authors); Mendy (page history and authors); mehndi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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