English
jetuka
Jetuka comes from Assamese জেতুকা ‘henna, mehndi’.
- Assamesemodernজেতুকাzetuka‘henna, mehndi’
- Englishearliest quotation 1949jetuka
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Assamesemodernজেতুকাzetuka‘henna, mehndi’
- Englishearliest quotation 1949jetuka
Earliest quotation: 1949, The Eastern Anthropologist: “The leaves of the Jetuka shrub give a red…”
Every English word from Assamese জেতুকা
Today it means
noun Henna (Lawsonia inermis), as used in Assam.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Assamese জেতুকা / jetuka