رَيَّا
Root: روى
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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,
def.2 It is also fem. of رَيَّانُ.
[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].إِذَا قَامَتَا تَضَوَّعَ المِسْكُ مِنْهُمَا نَسِيمَ الصَّبَا جَآءَتْ بِرَيَّا القَرَنْفُلِ
def.2 It is also fem. of رَيَّانُ.
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