Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رایحه (rayiha), from Arabic رَائِحَة (rāʔiḥa, “smell, scent”).

• IPA^(key): /ɾaː.ji.ha/

rayiha (definite accusative rayihayı, plural rayihalar)

1. perfume, scent, aroma, fragrance, any pleasant smell or odour

   Synonym: ıtır

• “rayiha”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “rayiha”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “rayiha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3943
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “rayiha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük