Rayḥānah
ريحانة
Say it ray-HAA-nah
A sprig of sweet basil
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- r-w-ḥ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Rayhana, Raihana, Reyhan
Meaning & source
A sprig of sweet basil or of any fragrant herb.
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والرَّيْحانة: الطَّاقةُ مِنَ الرَّيحان؛
Who carried this name
- Rayḥānah bint Shamʿūn (or bint Zayd) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11203 (vol. 8, p. 146)