رَّيْحَان

rayoHaAnN * a word respecting the formation of which there are different opinions; many saying that its medial radical letter is w , and its original form rayowaHaAnN , as may be argued from the form of its dim., mentioned below; (Msb;) others, that its original form is rawoyaHaAnN ; (MF;) and others, that its medial radical letter is Y , and that it is of the same measure as $ayoTaAnN , as may be argued from the form of its pl., mentioned below; (Msb;) A certain plant, (S, K,) well known, (S,) of sweet odour; (K;) the $aAhasofaram [or $aAhisofaram , i. e. basil-royal, or common sweet basil, ocimum basilicum, the seed of which (called bizoru Alr~ayoHaAni ) is used in medicine]: (Mgh: [see also HabaqN :]) or any sweet-smelling plant; (T, Mgh, Msb, K;) but when used absolutely by the vulgar, a particular plant [that mentioned above] is meant thereby: (Msb:) or the extremities thereof; (K;) i. e. the extremities of any sweet-smelling herb, when the first of its blossoms come forth upon it: (TA:) or the leaves thereof: (K:) or the leaves of seed-produce: so, accord. to Fr, in the Kur lv. 11: (S, TA:) [it is a coll. gen. n.:] the n. un. is with p ; (TA;) and is applied to a bunch ( TaAqapN ) of rayoHaAn ; and, with the article Al , (as a proper name, TA,) the Hanowap [a certain plant respecting which authors differ]: (K:) the dim. of rayoHaAnN is ruwayoHiynN : (Msb:) and the pl. is rayaAHiynu . (Mgh, Msb) rayoHaAnu AlHabaAHimi : and rayoHaAnu Al$~uyuwxi : see HabaqN . rayoHaAnu Alqubuwri is a name of The mirosiyn [or myrtle-tree ]. (TA in art. mrs .) ― -b2- (tropical:) Offspring; (L, K, TA;) from the same word as signifying “ any sweet-smelling plant; (Ham p. 713;) or from the same word in the sense next following: (L:) [a coll. gen. n.: n. un. with p ; whence,] riyoHaAnanaY~a [meaning (tropical:) My two descendants ] occurs in a saying of Mohammad as applied to El-Hasan and El-Hoseyn. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A bounty, or gift, of God; such as the means of subsistence, &c.; syn. rizoqN : (S, L, K, TA:) said to be of the dial. of Himyer. (MF.) So in the saying, xarajotu A^abotagiY rayoHaAna A@ll~`hi (tropical:) [ I went forth seeking, or seeking diligently, the bounty, &c., of God ]. (AO, S, TA.) And in a verse of En-Nemir Ibn-Towlab cited voce dir~apN . (S, TA.) And in the saying, in a trad., Alwaladu mino rayoHaAni A@ll~`hi (tropical:) [ Offspring are of the bounty of God ]. (S, TA.) ― -b4- It is also used (S, K) in the accus. case as an inf. n. [forming an absolute complement of a verb understood], (S,) in the sense of AisotirozaAq : so in the saying, suboHaAna A@ll~`hi wa rayoHaAnahu (assumed tropical:) [ I extol, or celebrate, or declare, the absolute perfection, or glory, or purity, of God, and beg his bounty, or his supply of the means of subsistence ]. (S, K.) ― -b5- See also rawoHN .