arrayán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الرَيْحَان (ar-rayḥān, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /araˈʝan/ [a.raˈʝãn]

• IPA^(key): /araˈʝan/ [a.raˈʝãn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /araˈʃan/ [a.raˈʃãn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /araˈʒan/ [a.raˈʒãn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧rra‧yán

Noun

arrayán m (plural arrayanes)

1. myrtle

   Synonyms: mirto, murta

2. pitanga

Derived terms

• arrayanal

Further reading

• “arrayán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025