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رَيَّا ذ [originally رَوْيَا] A sweet odour (T, M, K) of anything. (T.) One says of a woman, إِِنَّهَا لَطَيِّبَةُ الرَّيَّا, meaning Verily she is sweet in the odour of her body: and hence the saying of Imrael-Keys, “ إِِذَا 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]. (T.) -A2- It is also fem. of رَيَّانُ. (T, S, M, &c.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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