Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَيَّا

Root: روى

Full Definition

رَيَّا [originally رَوْيَا] A sweet odour of anything. One says of a woman, إِنَّهَا لَطَيِّبَةُ الرَّيَّا, meaning Verily she is sweet in the odour of her body: and hence the saying of Imrael-Keys, إِذَا قَامَتَا تَضَوَّعَ المِسْكُ مِنْهُمَا نَسِيمَ الصَّبَا جَآءَتْ بِرَيَّا القَرَنْفُلِ [When they stand, the fragrance of musk is diffused from them, like the breath of the east wind that has brought the sweet odour of the clove].

def.2 It is also fem. of رَيَّانُ.


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