Rehana: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlArabic
ریحانہ
رَيْحَانَة
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Rehana (ریحانہ, Arabic رَيْحَانَة) means “sweet basil; a fragrant herb”. It comes from the Arabic root ر و ح. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ر و ح.
- Meaning
- sweet basil; a fragrant herb
- معنی
- ریحان، خوشبودار پودا
Where it comes from
Rayḥāna is a single fragrant herb, especially sweet basil (Lane); al-rayḥān occurs in Quran 55:12.
- Say it
- rai-haa-naAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ر و ح
- Other spellings
- Rihana · Raihana · Rayhana
- Themes
- Nature