According to "A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English" Mehndi also refers to "the marriage-feast on the occasion of the bride's hands and feet being stained with henna (ḥinā)" or "an ark, or tabernacle, carried in solemn procession by Some Muslims on the eve of the anniversary of the death of a person who died just as he was about to marry:—meṅhdī bāṅdhnā (-meṅ)." It was originally used for only women's palms and sometimes for men, but as time progressed, it was more common for women to wear it .