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noun, feminine

houri

/u.ʁi/

noun, feminine/u.ʁi/plural: houris

houri; harem girl, odalisque; beauty (beautiful woman)

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”).

houri — French Dictionary | Passage