ریحان

See also: ريحان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رَيْحَان (rayḥān, “basil”).

Noun

ریحان • (reyhan)

1. fragrant plant, aromatic herb
2. basil

   Synonym: فسلگن (fesleğen)

Descendants

• Turkish: reyhan

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ریحان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 635

Persian

Dari	ریحان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	райҳон

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَيْحَان (rayḥān, “basil”).

Pronunciation

• (Iran) IPA^(key): [rei̯ˈhɒːn], [rei̯ˈhɒn]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [rei̯ˈhun]

Noun

ریحان • (reyhân)

1. basil

Noun

ریحان • (reyhân) (plural ریاحین)

1. fragrant plant

Turkmen

Noun

ریحان (reýhan)

1. Arabic spelling of reýhan