ریحان

See also: ريحان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

ریحان • (reyhan) (definite accusative ریحانی (reyhanı), plural ریاحین (reyâhin))

  1. (botany) herb, any plant whose leaves are used to flavour or season food
    Synonym: اسپرغم (ispergam)
  2. basil, sweet basil, any culinary herb of the species Ocimum basilicum
    Synonyms: اسپرغم (ispergam), فسلكن (fesleğen)

Derived terms

  • ریحانلو (reyhanlı, “Reyhanlı, a district of Turkey”)
  • ریحانه (reyhane, “Reyhane, a name for women”)
  • ریحانی (reyhanî, “pertaining to herbs”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: reyhan

Further reading

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Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? rayhān
Dari reading? rayhān
Iranian reading? reyhân
Tajik reading? rayhon

Noun

ریحان • (rayhān / reyhân) (Tajik spelling райҳон)

  1. basil
  2. fragrant plant

Turkmen

Noun

ریحان (reýhan)

  1. Arabic spelling of reýhan
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