Rehan: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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ریحان
رَيْحَان
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Rehan (ریحان, Arabic رَيْحَان) means “sweet basil; fragrant plant”. It comes from the Arabic root ر و ح. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ر و ح.
- Meaning
- sweet basil; fragrant plant
- معنی
- خوشبودار پودا، ریحان
Where it comes from
Lane gives rayḥān as sweet basil or any fragrant herb, also ease and provision. Occurs in the Quran (55:12, 56:89).
- Say it
- re-haanAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ر و ح
- Other spellings
- Rayhan · Raihan · Rihan
- Themes
- Nature