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houri.

houri

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Meaning & usage

noun/u.ʁi/

  1. houri

    feminine

  2. harem girl, odalisque

    feminine

  3. beauty (beautiful woman)

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Persian حوری (hurî), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy) and Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya), adjective and feminine singulative of حُور (ḥūr) from Classical Arabic حُورٌ عِينٌ (ḥūrun ʕīnun, “fair maidens, black-eyed ones”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.