houri

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Vertalingen

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حُورِيَّة

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/u.ʁi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Perzisch: 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”).