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Word: Houri
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from French, from Persian ḥūrī, from Arabic ḥūr, plural of 'aḥwar ‘having eyes with a marked contrast of black and white’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhʊəri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a beautiful young woman, especially one of the virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise.
Short Definition:beautiful young woman
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