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- Arabic · derived fromحُورِيَّة
- Arabic · derived fromحُورِيّ
- Persian · derived fromحوری
- French · borrowed fromhouri
- English todayhouri
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.