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Added 9 October 2026

houri

/ˈhʊəɹi/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about houri at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A voluptuously beautiful young woman.
(Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise.

Origin

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.

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