noun pl. houris
Origin: Fr < Pers ḥūri < Ar ḥūrīyah, black-eyed woman, ult. < ḥawira, to be dark-eyed
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noun pl. hou·ris
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Persian ḥūrī
Origin: , from Arabic ḥūrīya, nymph, houri
Origin: , from ḥūr
Origin: , pl. of ’aḥwaru, feminine of ḥawrā’u
Origin: , possessing ḥawar, intense whiteness of the sclera contrasting with deep blackness of the iris of the eye; see ḥwr in Semitic roots
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