houri

Significat (Anglès)

1. (feminine) houri
2. (feminine) harem girl, odalisque
3. (feminine, figuratively) beauty (beautiful woman)

Conceptes

hurí

Traduccions

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حُورِيَّة

houri

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/u.ʁi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de persa: حوری

In summary

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”).