houri

== English == === Etymology === From French houri, 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”). See أَحْوَر m (ʔaḥwar), حَوْرَاء f (ḥawrāʔ) for the base adjective. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ho͝o′rē, hou′ə-rē, IPA(key): /ˈhʊəɹi/, /ˈhaʊəri/ (General American) enPR: ho͝or′ē, ho͞o′rē, IPA(key): /ˈhʊɹ.i/, /ˈhu.ɹi/ Rhymes: -ʊəɹi, -aʊəɹi, -uːɹi === Noun === houri (plural houris) (Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman. ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Verb === houri inflection of houria: third-person singular past indicative present active indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present active imperative connegative === Anagrams === roihu, rouhi == French == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /u.ʁi/ Rhymes: -i === Noun === houri f (plural houris) (Islam) houri harem girl, odalisque (figurative) beauty (beautiful woman) ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: hurí → English: houri → German: Huri === References === “houri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012