noun
pl. -·ris- in Muslim belief, any of the beautiful nymphs of the Muslim Paradise
- a seductively beautiful woman
Origin of houri
French from Persian ??ri from Arabic ??r?yah, black-eyed woman, ultimately from ?awira, to be dark-eyedhouri
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houri
noun
pl. hou·ris- A seductive, alluring woman.
- One of the beautiful virgins of the Koranic paradise.
Origin of houri
French from Persian hūrī from Arabic hūrīya nymph, houri from hūr pl. of hawrā' feminine of 'ahwar possessing hawar intense whiteness of the sclera contrasting with deep blackness of the iris of the eye hwrTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural houris)
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